Cost of import of currency paper not high

New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) The Government today said that it imported currency paper from countries like France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Swedan and United Kingdom but denied that the cost of the imported paper was more than the printed currency.

Answering Mr Abu Asim Azmi, Minister of State for Finance P K Bansal said that the government was considering the proposals to achieve self sufficiency in production of currency paper.

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