RBI launches mobile app MANI

News: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a mobile app called MANI’ (Mobile Aided Note Identifier)

Facts:

About MANI’ (Mobile Aided Note Identifier)

  • It seeks to aid visually impaired persons in identifying the denomination of currency notes.
  • It can scan currency notes using the camera of the mobile phone and gives audio output in Hindi and English. It can work in offline mode too.
  • However, the app cannot authenticate a currency note as being genuine or counterfeit.