Rather, it was a new addition. Here is everything you need to know about the history of the Rupee symbol, its design and concept, and controversies. The symbol of Rupee ( ₹) has been a recent ...

What inspired and helped him in coming out with the design which is unique and yet ... had helped him greatly in designing the present rupee symbol. Speaking to Express, he said “It is certainly ...

The Indian rupee could soon get a unique symbol, with the finance ministry holding a public competition for a design, just like the US dollar ($), the euro ( ), the Japanese yen ( ) or the pound ...

The new symbol is an amalgam of the Devnagiri 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' without the stem. The Reserve Bank of India had announced the competition for a design of the rupee symbol with a cash ...

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The rupee will soon have a unique ... asked to proactively promote the use of the new symbol, she added. Kumar's entry was chosen from 3,000 designs competing for the currency symbol.

The Indian rupee is to have its own symbol ... Kumar’s entry was chosen from among 3,000 designs competing for the currency symbol. He will get an award of Rs250,000.

in 2010 when he won a national contest to design a symbol for the Indian rupee. His design, which incorporated elements of the Devanagari and Roman scripts, was selected from among hundreds of ...

The rupee is currently referred to by the abbreviations "Rs", "Re" or "INR", though it remains uncertain whether the new symbol will be widely taken up. Udaya Kumar, a post-graduate student at the ...