The Tamil Nadu government replaced the official Indian Rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter ‘Roo’ (ரூ) in the state Budget 2025-26.
The replacement represents ‘Roobai,’ the Tamil term for currency.
The move has sparked a political dispute between the state and the central government.
About Indian Rupee Symbol
Design of the Rupee Symbol (₹): Created by Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, an IIT professor and son of a former DMK MLA.
Features of the Symbol:
A fusion of the Devanagari ‘Ra’ (र) and the Roman ‘R’ to reflect India’s linguistic diversity.
Two parallel horizontal strokes represent the Indian national flag and economic stability.
Its unique design ensures easy recognition in global financial systems.
Selection Process: Chosen through a national competition in 2009, surpassing numerous other designs.
Representation Before 2010: Previously denoted as “Rs” or “INR,” leading to confusion with currencies of other rupee-using countries like Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Official Adoption: The Government of India officially adopted the symbol on July 15, 2010.
Typography: The Unicode for the Indian Rupee Symbol is U+20B9.
Unicode is a universal standard that assigns unique code points to characters, symbols, and scripts across languages.
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