Indian Rupee Symbol

Businessmen may blame global troubles or inept governance, but a Hindu guru has an alternative theory for the historic weakness of Rupee: the newly adopted symbol for the currency is inauspicious.

The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 100 notes, which will have the rupee symbol.

He knew his design would be chosen as it incorporated Indian ethos, says a jubilant D. Udaya Kumar, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) assistant professor who is the man behind the symbol of the Indian rupee approved by the union cabinet on Thursday.The cabinet meeting, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to adopt a new symbol fo...

The Indian rupee will soon have a unique symbol -- a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' -- joining elite currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity.     The new symbol, designed by Bombay IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar, was approved by the cabinet today -- reflecting...

The Indian Rupee will this fiscal join the elite league of global currencies like US dollar, British Pound and Euro that have their unique symbols.

Businessmen may blame global troubles or inept governance, but a Hindu guru has an alternative theory for the historic weakness of Rupee: the newly adopted symbol for the currency is inauspicious.

The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 100 notes, which will have the rupee symbol.

He knew his design would be chosen as it incorporated Indian ethos, says a jubilant D. Udaya Kumar, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) assistant professor who is the man behind the symbol of the Indian rupee approved by the union cabinet on Thursday.The cabinet meeting, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to adopt a new symbol fo...

The Indian rupee will soon have a unique symbol -- a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' -- joining elite currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity.     The new symbol, designed by Bombay IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar, was approved by the cabinet today -- reflecting...

The Indian Rupee will this fiscal join the elite league of global currencies like US dollar, British Pound and Euro that have their unique symbols.