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{{Short description|Currency symbol for the Indian Rupee (INR)}}
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The '''Indian rupee sign''' ⟨'''₹'''⟩ is the [[Finance:Currency symbol|currency symbol]] for the Indian rupee ([[ISO 4217#Active codes|ISO 4217]]: INR), the official [[Finance:Currency|currency]] of {{wipe|India}}. Designed by D. Udaya Kumar, it was presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010,<ref name="Final symbol 1">{{cite news|date=15 July 2010|title=Cabinet approves new rupee symbol|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/biz/india-business/Cabinet-approves-new-rupee-symbol/articleshow/6171234.cms|access-date=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619044604/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/indian-rupee-gets-a-symbol-joins-elite-currency-club/articleshow/6171234.cms|archive-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> following its selection through an open competition among Indian residents.<ref name="Indian rupees symbol competition">{{Cite news|last=Pandey|first=Geeta|date=5 March 2009|title=Indian contest for rupee symbol|language=en-GB|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7925248.stm|access-date=2022-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211122817/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7925248.stm|archive-date=11 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Rupees symbol competition">{{Cite web|last=Kimbarovsky|first=Ross|date=2010-07-15|title=Crowdsourcing The Indian Rupee Symbol|url=https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/crowdsourcing-government-rupee/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413170518/https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/crowdsourcing-government-rupee/|archive-date=13 April 2021|access-date=2022-02-11|website=crowdspring Blog|language=en-US}}</ref> Before its adoption, the most commonly used symbols for the rupee were ⟨'''[[Finance:Rupee sign|Rs]]'''⟩, ⟨'''Re'''⟩ or, in texts in Indian languages, an appropriate abbreviation in the language used.

The design is based on the Devanagari letter ⟨र⟩ (ra) with a double horizontal line at the top and the Latin capital letter ⟨R⟩ without its vertical bar.<ref name="iitb.ac.in" />

== Origin ==
On 5 March 2009, the Indian government announced a contest to create a sign for the Indian rupee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/currency_coinage/Comp_Design.pdf |title=Competition for design |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531034323/https://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/currency_coinage/Comp_Design.pdf |archive-date=31 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="HT symbol">{{cite news|url =https://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=c8097698-a806-4cc2-8c67-668d594057dc&Headline=India+seeks+global+symbol+for+rupee
|title =India seeks global symbol for rupee
|date =6 March 2009
|access-date =7 March 2009
|newspaper=Hindustan Times}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> During the 2010 Union Budget, then Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the proposed sign should reflect and capture the Indian ethos and culture.<ref name="PTI symbol 1">{{cite news
|url =https://sify.com/finance/budget-symbol-for-indian-rupee-news-budget-kc0pkgacdbj.html
|title =Cabinet defers decision on rupee symbol
|date =24 June 2010
|access-date =10 July 2010
|website =Sify Finance
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100718101402/https://sify.com/finance/budget-symbol-for-indian-rupee-news-budget-kc0pkgacdbj.html
|archive-date =18 July 2010
|url-status =dead
}}</ref> From around 3,331 responses received, five symbols were shortlisted.<ref name="shortlist symbol">{{cite web
|url =https://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/infrastructure_div/message_symbol_final.asp
|title =List of Five Entries which have been selected for Final
|access-date =15 July 2010
|publisher =Ministry of Finance, Govt of India
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100711053911/https://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/infrastructure_div/message_symbol_final.asp
|archive-date =11 July 2010
|url-status =dead}}</ref> These were the entries from Nondita Correa-Mehrotra, Hitesh Padmashali, Shibin KK, Shahrukh J. Irani, and D. Udaya Kumar:<ref>{{cite news
|url =https://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/16/slide-show-1-rupee-symbol-design-what-the-other-finalists-say.htm
|title =Rupee: Which of the 5 final designs do you like?
|date =16 June 2010
|access-date =26 July 2010
|publisher =Rediff Business
|archive-date =25 July 2010
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100725095216/http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/16/slide-show-1-rupee-symbol-design-what-the-other-finalists-say.htm
|url-status =live
}}</ref><ref name="shortlist symbol"/> one of them was due to be selected at the Union Council of Ministers of India meeting held on 24 June 2010.<ref name="MC symbol">{{cite news
|url =https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/rupee-to-getsymbol-today_466059.html
|title =Rupee to get a symbol today!
|date =26 February 2010
|access-date =10 July 2010
|publisher =Money Control.com
|archive-date =27 June 2010
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100627143248/http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/rupee-to-getsymbol-today_466059.html
|url-status =dead
}}</ref> However, the decision was deferred at the request of the Finance Minister,<ref name="PTI symbol 2">{{cite news
|url =https://www.ptinews.com/news/740593_Cabinet-defers-decision-on-rupee-symbol
|title =Cabinet defers decision on rupee symbol
|date =24 June 2010
|access-date =10 July 2010
|agency =Press Trust of India
|archive-date =27 June 2010
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100627235834/http://ptinews.com/news/740593_Cabinet-defers-decision-on-rupee-symbol
|url-status =live
}}</ref> and the final decision was made when they met again on 15 July 2010,<ref name="Final symbol 2">{{cite news
|url =https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/biz/india-business/Cabinet-approves-new-rupee-symbol/articleshow/6171234.cms
|title =Cabinet approves new rupee symbol
|date =15 July 2010
|access-date =15 July 2010
|work =The Times of India
|archive-date =19 June 2021
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210619044604/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/indian-rupee-gets-a-symbol-joins-elite-currency-club/articleshow/6171234.cms
|url-status =live
}}</ref> when they chose the symbol created by Udaya Kumar, Associate Professor IIT Guwahati.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iitg.ernet.in/design/Faculty.html|title=Department of design/ faculty|website=Iitg.ernet.in|access-date=11 February 2022|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217160934/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/design/Faculty.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Design ==
[[File:Indian Rupee symbol.svg|thumb|upright 0.4|Indian rupee symbol in graphic form]]
The new sign is a combination of the Devanagari letter ⟨र⟩ ("ra") and the Latin capital letter ⟨R⟩ without its vertical bar. The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) makes an allusion to the tricolour Indian flag and also depict an equality sign that symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity.<ref name="iitb.ac.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf |title=Currency Symbol for Indian Rupee |first=D. Udaya |last=Kumar | publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|access-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821132944/http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf |archive-date=2010-08-21}}</ref><!--NB not https, as of October 2022. -->

The final selected symbol was designed by D. Udaya Kumar, a Bachelor of Architecture and (at the time) a visual design student at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. The thoughts and philosophy behind the design are explained in this presentation.<ref name="iitb.ac.in"/>

== Approval ==
Ministry of Finance and Department of Economic Affairs of the Government of India had finally approved the sign. The approval was given by Sushil Kumar, Under Secretary of the Government of India in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title = Symbol for Indian Rupee |publisher = Ministry of Finance, Government of India |first=Sushil |last=Kumar |url = https://finmin.nic.in/reports/SIR.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150317071907/http://finmin.nic.in/reports/SIR.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2015 |access-date = 1 August 2015}}</ref>

== Usage ==
[[File:Indian two rupees coin with symbol (2011).jpg|thumb|Two-rupee coin with the Rupee sign at the top.]]
Upon the symbol's adoption in July 2010, the Indian government said it would try to adopt the sign within six months in the country and globally within 18 to 24 months.<ref name="Final symbol 2" />

Major banks have also started printing cheques with the new Indian rupee sign, where the traditional ⟨₨⟩ sign was used. The Indian Postal Department also started printing postage stamps with this new Indian rupee sign, when it issued the Commonwealth Games commemorative stamps on 3 October 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/netscape/Stamps2010.html |title=Stamps 2010 |last=India Post |access-date=19 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427123033/https://www.indiapost.gov.in/Netscape/Stamps2010.html |archive-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In his budget speech on 28 February 2011, the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, announced that the sign would be incorporated in future coin issues.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coins with new Rupee symbol soon |work=The Statesman |agency=Press Trust of India |url=https://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=360686&catid=40  |access-date=19 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609190607/https://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=360686&catid=40 |archive-date=9 June 2012  }} Coins with new Rupee symbol soon</ref> Coins of denomination of {{INR}}1, {{INR}}2, {{INR}}5, and {{INR}}10 with the new rupee symbol have been put into circulation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of new series of Coins|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=24773|publisher=RBI|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004174908/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=24773|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=This numismatist lays hands on coins with Rupee symbol|url=https://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-29/vadodara/29940658_1_coins-nandan-parikh-new-symbol|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107053256/https://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-29/vadodara/29940658_1_coins-nandan-parikh-new-symbol|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2011|access-date=4 November 2011|newspaper=The Times of India|date=29 August 2011}}</ref> As of January 2012, the new Indian rupee sign has been incorporated in the currency notes in the denominations of {{INR}}10, {{INR}}100, {{INR}}500, and  {{INR}}1000<ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹10 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25121|publisher=RBI|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004170646/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25121|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹ 500 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25448|publisher=RBI|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630031857/http://rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25448|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹ 1000 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25448|publisher=RBI|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630031857/http://rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25448|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹ 100 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25462|publisher=RBI|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630030340/http://rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=25462|url-status=live}}</ref> and as of 12 April 2012 this was extended to denominations of {{INR}}20 and {{INR}}50.<ref>{{cite news|title=RBI to issue Rs 20 and Rs 50 notes with the new rupee symbol|url=https://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/news/31331166_1_rupee-symbol-unique-symbol-devanagri-ra|access-date=30 April 2012|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=12 April 2012|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610214253/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/news/31331166_1_rupee-symbol-unique-symbol-devanagri-ra|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Unicode and keyboard entry==
[[File:India 4$.rupee key.jpg|thumb|upright 0.75|Keytop showing 4/$/₹ key. |alt=Image of part of the number line of a keyboard, showing the Indian Rupee sign beside the figure 4]]

On 10 August 2010, the Unicode Technical Committee accepted the proposed code position {{unichar|20B9|Indian Rupee sign|html= }}.<ref name="Unicode proposal">{{cite web|url=https://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3862.pdf|title=Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS|author=Michael Everson|date=19 July 2010|access-date=30 July 2010|archive-date=21 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821071239/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3862.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The character has been encoded in Unicode 6.0, and named distinctly from the existing character {{unichar|20A8|Rupee sign|html=}}, which will continue to be available as the generic rupee sign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf|title=Unicode Currency Chart|website=Unicode.org|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225021252/https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/2010/08/26223436/U20B9Rupee-gets-Unicode-ide.html?atype=tp|title=U+20B9: Rupee gets Unicode identity|website=Livemint.com|access-date=11 February 2022|archive-date=29 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029220146/http://www.livemint.com/2010/08/26223436/U20B9Rupee-gets-Unicode-ide.html?atype=tp|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Software:Ubuntu|Ubuntu]] became the first [[Operating system|operating system]] to support the Indian rupee symbol by default in 2010. Since [[Software:Ubuntu version history#1010|its 10.10 version]] it has supported the symbol out-of-the-box,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.kde.org/node/4331|title=The Ubuntu Font, now with added Rupee - blogs.kde.org|website=Blogs.kde.org|access-date=11 February 2022|archive-date=11 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211133533/https://blogs.kde.org/node/4331|url-status=live}}</ref> as it was added to the [[Software:Ubuntu (typeface)|Ubuntu font family]] by a contributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://font.ubuntu.com/rupee/|title=Ubuntu font|last=Canonical|website=Font.ubuntu.com|access-date=11 February 2022|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118081647/http://font.ubuntu.com/rupee/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, it has been included in various [[Software:Linux|Linux]] distributions. On systems running Ubuntu, most other [[Software:Linux distribution|Linux distribution]]s and [[Software:ChromeOS|ChromeOS]], the symbol may be typed using {{keypress|Ctrl|Shift|u}}{{nbsp}}{{keypress|2|0|B|9|Space|chain=}} (or simply {{keypress|AltGr|4}} if the 'English (India)' language setting is used).

On 18 May 2011, [[Company:Microsoft|Microsoft]] released an update KB2496898 to [[Software:Windows Vista|Windows Vista]], [[Software:Windows Server 2008|Windows Server 2008]], [[Software:Windows 7|Windows 7]] and [[Software:Windows Server 2008 R2|Windows Server 2008 R2]] operating systems to include support for this new Indian rupee symbol.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496898 |title=An update to support the new currency symbol for the Indian Rupee in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 |access-date=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326000710/https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496898 |archive-date=26 March 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> With the Windows update, it is now possible to use [[Alt code|alt code]] text entry to obtain the Indian Rupee symbol:   {{key press|Alt}}+{{key press|8}}{{key press|3}}{{key press|7}}{{key press|7}}. On systems running [[Software:Windows 8|Windows 8]] or later, the symbol can be typed using the 'English (India)' keyboard layout with the key combination {{key press|AltGr}}+{{key press|4}} 
(or {{key press|Ctrl}}+{{key press|Alt}}+{{key press|4}} or {{key press|Ctrl}}+{{key press|Shift}}+{{key press|4}}<ref name=gizbot />). Modern keyboards for the Indian market have the symbol engraved on the {{keypress|4}} key as an alternate graphic.<ref name=gizbot>{{cite web|title=Keyboard with a Rupee sign|date=20 September 2016|url=https://www.gizbot.com/how-to/tips-tricks/5-quick-tips-type-indian-rupee-symbol-in-ms-word/articlecontent-pf63292-035021.html|access-date=16 October 2021|archive-date=1 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501163236/http://www.gizbot.com/how-to/tips-tricks/5-quick-tips-type-indian-rupee-symbol-in-ms-word/articlecontent-pf63292-035021.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Company:Apple Inc.|Apple Inc.]] has added support for the rupee symbol with [[Software:IOS 7|iOS 7]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agrawal |first1=Rajat |title=iOS 7 brings India specific English keyboard |url=https://www.bgr.in/news/ios-7-brings-india-specific-english-keyboard/ |website=BGR India |date=27 June 2013 |access-date=11 February 2022 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718174645/http://www.bgr.in/news/ios-7-brings-india-specific-english-keyboard/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Software:Mac OS X Lion|Mac OS X Lion]] (10.7) also includes the new Indian rupee symbol, which can be found in the Character Viewer. As of Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), users using the Devanagari keyboard can enter the new Indian rupee symbol by typing {{key press|Option}}-{{key press|4}} (a combination that yields the [[Finance:Cent (currency)|cent]] symbol on a US keyboard layout).

[[Software:Sailfish OS|Sailfish OS]] also provides the symbol in its default keyboard.

== Symbol for Paisa ==
[[File:Indian Paisa symbol.svg|thumb|upright 0.5|Proposed symbol for Paisa]]
A symbol for the paisa ⟨[[File:Indian Paisa symbol.svg|frameless|10x10px]]⟩ was also designed using the same concept as the symbol for rupee.<ref name="iitb.ac.in" /> However, since paisa coins are no longer minted and, as of 2019 most denominations of the paisa have been demonetized, they are not in circulation. As the RBI had already stopped minting any paisa coins before this proposal, the proposed symbol never appeared on any coins. It does not have a codepoint in Unicode.

== Controversy ==
The Indian rupee sign selection process was challenged in the Delhi High Court,<ref name="HT-CourtCase">{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/Rs-selection-process-challenged-in-High-Cout/Article1-630123.aspx|title='Rs' selection process challenged in High {{sic|nolink=y|Cout|expected=Court}}|last=Nair|first=Harish V|date=23 November 2010|newspaper=Hindustan Times|access-date=25 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124020037/https://www.hindustantimes.com/Rs-selection-process-challenged-in-High-Cout/Article1-630123.aspx|archive-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> by petitioner Rakesh Kumar, who was a participant in the competition, described the process as "full of discrepancies" and "flawed", and named the Finance Ministry and the chairman of Indian Rupee Symbol Selection Committee as respondents.<ref name="HT-CourtCase" /> On 26 November 2010, the Delhi High Court single bench dismissed the writ petition, stating there was no justifiable ground for the stated allegations.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://rtiindia.org/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=2313 |title =W.P.(C) No. 7915 of 2010 & CMs 20440-41/2010 |access-date =28 February 2011 |publisher =Right to Information Commission, India |archive-date =22 October 2021 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20211022161924/https://rtiindia.org/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=2313 |url-status =dead }}</ref>

However, later the Delhi High Court, on 30 January 2013, in ''W.P. (c) 2449/2012'' titled ''Rakesh Kumar Singh Vs. Union of India'' (PIL) and listed before the Division bench of the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice V. K. Jain,<ref>{{cite web |title='' W.P.(C) 2449/2012'' | publisher=Delhi High Court |url=https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=19132&yr=2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714174112/http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=19132&yr=2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> taking cognizance of and in view of the irregularities and arbitrariness involved in public competitions for designing symbols or logos or designing logos by other methods of important national bodies or institutions, in their judgment directed all the ministries of the Government of India to formulate or prepare guidelines to ensure transparency, wider participation of public and also that such guidelines should be of uniform nature and in uniformity with each others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archive.tehelkahindi.com/indinoo/national/1726.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824121834/https://www.archive.tehelkahindi.com/indinoo/national/1726.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-08-24|title=Tehelka Hindi - चिह्न पर प्रश्नचिह्न|date=24 August 2014}}</ref>

On 11 April 2013, the Finance Ministry formed the guidelines for conducting public competitions for design of symbol or logo.<ref>{{cite web |title= Competition for Design |first=B S |last=Rawat |url=https://www.finmin.nic.in/guideline_public_comp_symbols.pdf |publisher = Ministry of Finance, Government of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531034323/https://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/currency_coinage/Comp_Design.pdf |archive-date=31 May 2013}}</ref>

==Character mappings==
{{Charmap
|20B9 |name1 = INDIAN RUPEE SIGN
|20A8 |name2 = RUPEE SIGN
}}

==See also==
* [[Finance:Currency symbol|Currency symbol]]
* [[Finance:Rupee sign|Rupee sign]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf Udaya Kumar's design proposal for the Indian rupee sign]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170819000616/http://knowindia.gov.in/national-identity-elements/currency-symbol.php Official announcement of the sign]
* [https://drupal.org/project/webrupee WebRupee ₹ Drupal Project]
* [https://rupyainr.com/ rupyaINR, guidance for use of the Indian Rupee Symbol on the web]


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