The Indian Rupee symbol has been approved and now the INR joins a club comprising few countries whose currency has a symbol…
Everyone is aware of the symbols of the US Dollar, British Pound, European Euro and Japanese Yen.
But an Indian Rupee symbol! Yes.
This has been finally approved at last by the Union Cabinet in New Delhi, and
India becomes only the 5th country in the world to have a currency symbol.
Such a symbol was necessary due to the growing influence of the Indian economy worldwide.
Also, the rupee currency is used by other countries like Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
The selected symbol is a mix of the Roman R and the Devnagiri Ra, with two parallel lines running at the top.
For a start, now all new currency notes printed in India will bear this symbol.
