Around 400 Army personnel have been deployed for security at the currency printing presses in Salboni in West Bengal and Dewas in Madhya Pradesh. Army sources said the soldiers from Eastern and Central Commands were deployed in wake of security consideration around the press that prints the new currency notes. The Dewas Security Press is printing new Rs500 currency notes whereas new Rs2,000 and Rs100 notes are being printed in Salboni.
The Government has already deployed transport aircraft C-17 and C-130 J Hercules of IAF to ferry currency from the printing presses across the country.