And now we have the inked selfies! Thanks, #demonetisation!

Have you been inked yet? (Express photo by Vishal Srivastav)

First there were the sad faces with the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, then there were (and still are) the long queues in front of banks and ATMs for cash, then the happy selfies with the new Rs 2,000 currency notes, and now, joining the rather long list of demonetisation-inspired selfies this week is the inked finger selfies. Yes, ever since the government declared that you need to get your finger marked with indelible ink whenever you get old currency notes changed, people have been clicking photos of their inked fingers and the new acquisition.

The move was introduced to stop repeat money exchangers thronging banks with invalid currency notes in the select metro cities. SBI and few other banks in Delhi have started using indelible ink. As per the government statement, 11 branches of SBI are using the method to weed out customers queuing up again and again to exchange invalid currency notes. As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for exchanging notes, concerned bank branches and post offices would put indelible ink mark on the right index finger of the customer so as to identify that he/she has exchanged the old currency notes once.

Akin to proudly displaying the ‘mark’ when one goes out to vote, the note ink may not be as popular and frequent (people are probably too tired standing in the long queues to bother taking a selfie once the transaction’s been done), but there are those who have been posting pictures on various social media platforms.

Take a look at some of them here.

See how India is getting their fingers inked for their bank visits https://t.co/e2qQ5FO8ec pic.twitter.com/SvNF1OYecE

— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) November 16, 2016

Get ready to be inked when you go to exchange old notes: https://t.co/fqsESCF7Vk#Rs500andRs1000 #NarendraModi #Demonetisation #BlackMoney pic.twitter.com/oIPg9wcLPW

— The Timeliners (@the_timeliners) November 15, 2016

IMPORTANT! When u get your finger inked at the bank….make sure it’s the right one ??#DeMonetisationhttps://t.co/OS46heA1AL pic.twitter.com/mA6tKmhQzV

— Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) November 15, 2016

Inked before cash exchange#Inked #DeMonetisation #BlackMoney #MoneyExchange @Bangaloremirror pic pic.twitter.com/a1CzqYGXkb

— Anantha Subramanyam (@Ananthaforu) November 16, 2016

Colleague on the Parliament beat got inked for exchanging notes #demonetisation pic.twitter.com/C9WlOvETrI

— Nistula Hebbar (@nistula) November 16, 2016

Have you got your finger inked after changing money?

Share your photos…#DeMonetisationResponse #DeMonetisation #ModiFightsCorruption pic.twitter.com/D0KAQO691Q

— iDream News (@idream_news) November 16, 2016

In #Pics: #Demonetisation– Inked at the bank https://t.co/QSIVMh85sY pic.twitter.com/y5htjypJEw

— Oneindia.com (@Oneindia) November 17, 2016

A delivery boy just got his finger inked. Not for casting his vote, but for exchanging his own money #DeMonetisation @htTweets @htdelhi pic.twitter.com/zd137hoGau

— Sweta Goswami (@sweta_goswami) November 16, 2016

 

Have you been inked yet?