For the first time in the country, plastic notes of Rs 10 denomination will be introduced on a pilot basis. Minister of state for finance Namo Narayan Meena said in the Lok Sabha that about 1billion Rs 10 plastic notes will be introduced on a trial basis in five cities – Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Shimla and Bhubaneswar. The field trial is expected to be launched in the second half of 2014