New symbol for the Indian Rupee

News pulse, Politics | admin | July 15, 2010 at 4:18 am


The union cabinet Thursday approved the new symbol for the Indian rupee an amalgam of the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem.

The symbol, designed by D Udaya Kumar, a Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) postgraduate was selected from among five shortlisted symbols before the cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told after the cabinet meeting.

“It is just a symbol,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told the media personnel.

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