New Rupee Symbol may soon come on keyboards (Picture)

The new Indian Rupee Symbol has got the green signal from the Cabinet on Thursday and according to reports, the new rupee symbol may soon come on computer keyboards too.

Reportedly, the computer vendors are just waiting for the BIS or the Bureau of Indian Standards to release the guidelines. Once the Bureau sets the guidelines, the symbol will be available on the new computer keyboards in no time. “We are fully equipped to integrate the rupee symbol; it requires only a software code change”, said an HCL Infosystems spokesperson.

The new symbol is also expected to be incorporated soon on the mobile handsets.

The new Rupee Symbol, which is a combination of Roman letter R and the Devanagri Ra, is designed by an IIT Bombay post-graduate, D Udaya Kumar. The new rupee symbol design was choosen from 3000 designs submitted by various designers for a prize of Rs 2.5 lakh. The new symbol reflects the style and the presence of the Indian currency in the International Scene, just like the symbols of the US Dollar or the British Pound. The new symbol will also distinguish the Indian Rupee from other rupee currencies like that of Pakistan, Nepal, etc.

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Comments/Queries

( 4 Comments so far )

• lunaticg
  
  Jul 18, 2010 at 12:31:am

  This symbol look like euro.
  Congratulation to Udaya Kumar and India.
  Wish you will received a new boost in your economy with this new symbol. Is this mean a new currency for India will be out soon?
• Rohan
  
  Jul 18, 2010 at 01:12:am

  RTI Activists Exposed Violation of Guidelines in “Indian Rupee Symbol” Design Competition

  According to RTI Documents : http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org

  1. Non-eligible candidate was shortlisted in top five finalists. As candidate had submitted four designs.
  2. One finalist was in contact with Finance Ministry and RBI prior to competition.
  3. Design concept or brief was not put in front of jury along with Indian Rupee symbol design.
  4. No marks or grades were allotted to selected (2644) candidates design entries, in the process of shortlisting top five finalist design entries.
  5. Jury had spends less than 20 seconds on each design entries to analyze it .
  6. Three jury member were absent in two days long meeting dated 29th Sept. and 30th Sept. 2009.
  7. One jury member from Ministry of Culture was absent on the day of final presentation.
  8. All seven jury member had never meet in this whole selection process in any given time.
  9. No records are available with Finance Ministry which could indicated, how many total design entries Finance Ministry had received ?
• pradeep
  
  Jul 19, 2010 at 10:37:am

  it’s really fabulous…. looking good
• Ankur Bannerjee
  
  Jul 19, 2010 at 07:20:pm

  Please provide more details on the foradian website…….Thanks