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Cabinet Approves New Rupee Symbol

  •   Thu, Jul 15 2010 03:03:49 PM

New Delhi, Jul 15 (IANS): 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 an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) postgraduate D. Udaya Kumar, was selected from among five shortlisted symbols before the cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said after the cabinet meeting.

"It is just a symbol," she told reporters.

  

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  • Nithin Poojary, Mangalore/UK

    Thu, Jul 15 2010

    I would love to see keyboards with Rupee signal

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE/YANBU-KSA

    Thu, Jul 15 2010

    Let me congrat Mr Udayakauma D for ing a meaningful symbol for INDIAN RUPEE.I add this symbol is as the symbol of prosperity and identity in the international arena.As# has it's own symbol and value in world economy so India did it's own.

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