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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.
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The rupee sign "₨" is a currency sign used to represent the monetary unit of account in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, and formerly in India.It resembles, and is often written as, the Latin character sequence "Rs", of which (as a single character) it is an orthographic ligature.
Indian rupee: Tamil: U+0BF9 ௹ TAMIL RUPEE SIGN: Indian rupee / Sri Lankan rupee: Gujarati: U+0AF1 ૱ GUJARATI RUPEE SIGN: Indian rupee Kannada: U+0CB0 ರ KANNADA LETTER RA: Indian rupee Sinhala: රු (U+0DBB ර SINHALA LETTER RAYANNA) + (U+0DD4 ු SINHALA VOWEL SIGN KETTI PAA-PILLA) Sri Lankan rupee: North Indic: U+A838 ꠸ NORTH INDIC ...
Officially, the Indian rupee has a market-determined exchange rate. However, the Reserve Bank of India trades actively in the USD/INR currency market to impact effective exchange rates. Thus, the currency regime in place for the Indian rupee with respect to the US dollar is a de facto controlled exchange rate.
The Indian Rupee which was in circulation earlier was adopted as the official legal tender after independence. [3] The official state emblem with the motto Satyameva Jayate was adopted later on 30 December 1947. [4] The national anthem and song were adopted two days before the Constitution of India was adopted on 26 January 1950. [5]
The Symbol of Indian Rupee approved by the Union Cabinet on 15 July 2010 (blue colored version to mark an underlying link) The Design for the symbol was submitted by D. Udaya Kumar
The Indian rupee was the official currency of Dubai and Qatar until 1959, when India created a new Gulf rupee (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold. [16] The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new Qatar-Dubai riyal was established to provide economic ...