D. Udaya Kumar of IIT Bombay designed the Indian Rupee symbol in 2009, before which the Indian currency had no graphic ...

How did the rupee symbol come into existence: Tamil Nadu government replaces national rupee symbol with Tamil script in Budget 2025 amid language controversy.

New Delhi: The Indian Rupee will this fiscal join the elite league of global currencies like US dollar, British Pound and Euro that have their unique symbols, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ...

The Indian Finance Ministry unveiled its choice for the new Rupee symbol today--and it's an amalgam of both Eastern and Western letters, using the Devanagari "Ra" and Roman capital "R." ...

A handout picture released by India's Press Information Bureau shows the new symbol for the Indian rupee, July 15, 2010. ILLUSTRATION: AFP/Getty Images.

Evoking national spirit and international attention the Indian rupee attained a new avatar in its new symbol. A distinct identity with a blend of the Devanagri ‘Ra' and Roman ‘R', the Indian ...

However, the change has raised concerns over whether the symbol, which is part of a legal tender, can be altered by state governments at will. Explained: DMK Govt Replaces Rupee Symbol - The ...

Just as the Dollar is universally denoted by $‚ the Indian government thinks the Rupee should also have its own unique symbol that captures a sense of India’s history and culture. At this link ...

The rupee symbol was designed by Udhay Kumar, a Tamil Nadu-based academic, and was officially adopted by the Indian government in 2010. We welcome your comments at [email protected] . Tamil Nadu ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has dropped the Indian rupee symbol (₹) from the state budget 2025-26, and replaced it with Tamil letter ‘Ru’ from ‘Rubai’, which means Rupees in Tamil.

The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has sparked controversy by replacing the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in the logo for its 2025-26 budget. The move has drawn criticism from the state ...