The Indian rupee sign ⟨₹⟩ is the currency symbol for the Indian rupee (ISO 4217: INR), the official currency of India. Designed by D. Udaya Kumar, it was presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010, following its … 展开

On 5 March 2009, the Indian government announced a contest to create a sign for the Indian rupee. During the 2010 Union Budget, then … 展开

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.
Major banks have also started printing cheques with the new … 展开

A symbol for the paisa ⟨⟩ was also designed using the same concept as the symbol for rupee. However, since paisa coins are no longer minted and, as of 2019 most denominations of the … 展开

Ministry of Finance and Department of Economic Affairs of the Government of India approved the sign. The approval was given by Sushil Kumar, Under Secretary of the Government of India in 2010. 展开

On 10 August 2010, the Unicode Technical Committee accepted the proposed code position U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN. The character has been encoded in Unicode 6.0, and named distinctly from the existing character U+20A8 ₨ RUPEE SIGN, … 展开

The Indian rupee sign selection process was challenged in the Delhi High Court, 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 … 展开