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Indian Rupee Symbol

CA Ayush Agarwal (Kolkata-Pune-Mumbai) (27186 Points)

15 July 2010

Indian Rupee Gets Its Own International Symbol Which is an Amalgam of The Devanagri (Hindi) "Ra"

& the Roman Capital "R" Without the Stem.

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Simranjeet Singh (Proprietor at S Simranjeet & Associates Company Secretaries) (4396 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

NEW INDIAN CURRENCY SYMBOL APPROVED BY THE CABINET

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CA Ayush Agarwal (Kolkata-Pune-Mumbai) (27186 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Thanks Simranjeet For Uploading Photo...........

soumya (Partner ) (136 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Atlast our currency has a symbol !

Simranjeet Singh (Proprietor at S Simranjeet & Associates Company Secretaries) (4396 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Originally posted by : AYUSH AGRAWAL
	Thanks Simranjeet For Uploading Photo...........

yours welcome bro...

CA. Shikha (Chartered Accountant) (4143 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Good to hear that !

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Prasad R (CA Final) (2128 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Very happy to hear this was awaiting the branding of our cuurency for long.

Wow this new symbol will establish the Indian currency as one of the strongest currency in International market in years to come.

Proud to be an Indian

Jai Hind

Jai Ho

Cheers

Prasad R

Nandan Narula (CA Final Student) (938 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Ours is the fifth currency in the world to have its own unique symbol after Dollar, Pound, Yen and Euro. And now THE INDIAN RUPEE.

PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN

JAI HIND

Anil Kumar (looking for the best avenue) (303 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Here's the new Rupee Symbol.So india becomes member of the elite club , another step to be the strongest economic power (on assumption that corruption will go down some day , just wish so).

NEW INDIAN RUPEE SYMBOL

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CA Ravi Sisodia (CA,CS,CMA) (32226 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

congrts to all

Chandranath Banerjee (Cost Accountant & Company Secretary) (235 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Rupee -pl. tale me the origin of the word

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CA Ayush Agarwal (Kolkata-Pune-Mumbai) (27186 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

Congrats to al.............

Sachin Kumar Agrawal (CA - Final) (414 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

congrats

shailendra (Accounts Executive ) (128 Points)
Replied 15 July 2010

New Delhi, Jul 15: The Union Cabinet has finalised the much awaited new rupee symbol, I&B minister, Ambika Soni announced in a press conference on Thursday, Jul 15.

"This symbol will universally denote the Indian Rupee," said the minister waving a print out of the approved symbol.

The symbol finalised by a five-member jury panel among the five designs shortlisted incorporates the Devanagari ‘Ra’ as well as the Roman capital ‘R’ in the design.

With the new symbol, the Indian Rupee has entered the elite club of currencies such as Dollar, Euro and Pound with their very own symbols.

The symbol designed by an IIT post-graduate, D Udaya Kumar, had been approved by the jury and was put before the Cabinet for approval. The design that brings together Devanagari as well as Roman letter fit the descriptttion of what the government expected.

"In the ensuing year, we intend to formalise a symbol for the Indian rupee, which reflects and captures the Indian ethos and culture," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while tabling the Union Budget 2010-11 in the Parliament.

Inspired by the growing influence of the Indian rupee in global markets, the proposal to introduce a symbol for the Indian rupee first came up in 2009.

The finance ministry, which sought entries from the public, is learnt to have received over 3,000 designs, out of which five were shortlisted earlier.

Until now, the Indian rupee had been denoted by abbreviations like 'Rs' or 'Re', which were not unique in nature as it was used to represent the currencies of Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka as well.