Government has decided to print plastic currency notes and procurement of material has started for this purpose. Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal today said this in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. <br/><br/>The Reserve Bank for long has been planning to launch plastic currency note after field trials. Plastic notes have an average life span of about five years and are difficult to imitate. Besides, currency notes made of plastic are cleaner than paper ones.