new delhi the government has strongly denied the reports that it has compromised national interest by collaborating with a tainted uk based note printing companythe ministry of finance said in a statement that the uks de la rue company had not been granted a new contract since 2013 and all security clearances to the company stand withheld the firm had supplied bank note paper till 2010 it had been permitted to supply a security feature for bank notes till december 2015 the finance ministry clarified that no fresh orders were placed with the company since 2014on reports that the company had applied to set up a factory in india the ministry said that no action has been taken regarding their applicationde la rue was blacklisted during the upas tenure as it could not comply to the specifications of the contract the company had also issued a public statement in december 2016 categorically denying any present business ties with indiade la rue is not supplying paper for printing of indian currency and we are not associated with printing of currency in india at present in any form the statement said