The government is set to use indelible ink or 'voter's ink' to prevent multiple cash withdrawals from banks following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes.
The use of indelible ink is supposed to prevent from queuing up again and again before bank counters to change their old notes, and thus help more people get precious exchange.
Like in elections, it prevents a person from voting more than once.
Here is a quick lowdown on indelible ink, and how it works.
INDELIBLE INK
- Popularly known as Voter's Ink.
- Used to mark on voter’s finger during elections, since 1962, to avoid fraudulent, multiple voting & malpractices.
- Is put on the left hand finger nail of the voter. (right hand finger for old currency exchange from tomorrow)
- It is not an ordinary ink, once it is applied on the finger it remains for few months.
- Cannot be removed by any chemical, detergents or oil.
- The ink contains silver nitrate which stains the skin on exposure to UV light.
- Produced at Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited, a Government of Karnataka undertaking.
- Apart from supplying indelible ink to Indian elections, Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd has been exporting the Ink to 28 countries across the world since 1976.
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