evidence: CHANDIGARH: While social media is abuzz with warnings about banks not accepting soiled or scribbled currency notes from January 1, customers have nothing to worry about as the said Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circular concerns only banks. You can still submit and exchange soiled or scribbled notes at the bank branch. The circular, which dates back to August 14, 2013, was issued in pursuance of the central bank's "clean note policy" that aims to dissuade banks from stapling of fresh note packets or writing and scribbling on the currency. [...] The clean note policy "It has been noticed that at certain bank branches, the practice of writing/scribbling on the banknotes continues. Under the present system of mechanized processing of banknotes, inscription or scribbling would render it to be classified as unfit for reissue. Accordingly, such banknotes get treated as soiled banknotes and cannot be recirculated."