evidence: These days a post is going viral on the social media claiming that as per RBI’s new guidelines, writings on currency notes will make the note invalid and it will not be considered a legal tender. Users are sharing it on social media thinking it to be true. [...] At first we checked the website of RBI and so far website has not carried any notice regarding such guidelines. We discovered information published on the RBI website after searching a little deeper. It is clearly written in it that "All Bank notes with scribbling / stain (including colour stain) on them continue to be legal tender. Such notes can be deposited or exchanged in any bank branch". [...] The Government, through Press Bureau of India (PIB) Fact Check unit, on 8 January clarified that bank notes with scribbling are not invalid and continue to be legal tender. However, it added that writing on currency notes is not recommended as it "defaces them and reduces their life".