csmart 472 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 Source 1 Source 2 Cabinet approves new symbol for Indian Rupee Delhi: India has finally got a symbol for the Rupee and joined a select club of countries whose currencies have an unique identity. The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the design, which includes both the Devnagiri 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' and has two parallel lines running at the top. The parallel lines symbolise the equal to sign. "With this India will join an elite group of countries which have a distinct currency symbol. It denotes the robustness of Indian economy. I will now hold up the design that was finally selected. This was sent in by Udaya Kumar," said Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni in New Delhi. She said that the Rupee symbol was a nice blend of modernity and Indian culture. The symbol selected has been designed by an Indian Institute of Technology postgraduate D Udaya Kumar and was selected from among five short listed symbols. Kumar, who is with the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati, explained that the design is based on the Indian Tricolour. "My design is based on the Tricolour with two lines at the top and white space in between. I wanted the symbol for the Rupee to represent the Indian flag. It is a perfect blend of Indian and Roman letters: a capital 'R', and Devnagari 'Ra', which represent rupiya, to appeal to international and Indian audiences. After working on the design for few months, I shortlisted eight to 10 designs and then refined them further till I got this one," said Kumar. All new notes will now bear the symbol. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KAPILKDEV 68 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 Good news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
situ1962 21 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 A nice appealing design indeed!!I like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vishalmcp 8 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 Congrats INDIA...... :clap: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maulik.Parekh 34 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 Nice Design !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgiitk 32 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 Nice design. When do we see it incorporated into Fonts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 beautiful, artistic and contemporary symbol... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krishin.rajani 3 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 yeah, this is cool indeed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indias_no1 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 Another pride moment for every Indian. This is another step forward.We will be leading the world soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krishin.rajani 3 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 the coming challenge will be to implement whereever it is required. for e.g. we do not have this symbol in computer keyboard, etc.. will have to replace or will require some add-ons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 Indeed Good Job by Govt They realised it very late Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgiitk 32 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 While waiting for a proper font implementation, a good approximation will be the letter 'Ra' with strikeout! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 The best thing i like is it has Devnagri "RA" in it :clap: :clap: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 Nice Find - +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) This one is 2days Newspaper Headline Sir Edited July 16, 2010 by parin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drmadhu 87 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 Very good Logo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chintan1 6 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 so finally India also joined the Elite club of Countries having currency symbol ...........good symbol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagarbn 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2010 At last finalised. but its all worth waiting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ani_meher 42 Report post Posted July 17, 2010 As the symbol is in devnagri, will it face any trouble in South, where people don't value Devnagri script as such? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted July 17, 2010 ^ but they do understand english and it also looks like the alphabet "R" ... It will catch on... Its a beautiful piece of innovation including both devnagri and english scripts... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
csmart 472 Report post Posted July 17, 2010 i dont think why south indians will have problem. they should think of it as 'R' (as Dk said) and then 2 horizontal lines. if they dont make political issue then no problem. in fact one of the journalists ask same question to Ms. Soni and she said this is the symbol and you can interpret the way you want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ani_meher 42 Report post Posted July 17, 2010 Oh yes, it does look like R wonder how I missed it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
csmart 472 Report post Posted July 17, 2010 Oh yes, it does look like R wonder how I missed it! see... its how u see it.... besides, it something we should be proud of as Indians.. we should appreciate govt at least for this.. in budget it was announced that symbol will be finalised by year end. but they were quick this time.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phonegeek 588 Report post Posted July 18, 2010 Guys, Download the new Rupee font from here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
