Cabinet today approved the new symbol for Indian Rupee. India has now joined the group of nations (US dollor, UK pound, Chinese Yen, European Euro) which have its own symbol to identify its currency. IIT graduate Udaya Kumar, who designed the symbol, is over the moon on his design being selected. In his own words - It is a perfect blend of Indian and Roman letters — capital 'R' and Devanagri 'Ra' which represents rupaiah, to appeal to international and Indian audiences... My design is based on the tricolour, with two lines at the top and white space in between, I am really excited and thrilled. I can't find words to express my happiness.
This entry selected from 3,000 designs won him an award of Rs 2.5 lakh.More than the award he will be happy seeing it on every Indian currency in circulation.
Nasscom will approach software firms to incorporate this new rupee symbol in their OS. This is to enable the computer users worldwide to use the symbol with ease since it is not embedded on the keyboards. It would also be included in the UNICODE standard as well.
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