Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin replaced the rupee symbol with a Tamil script in the state budget amidst a controversy over 'Hindi imposition.' The rupee symbol was originally designed by ...

D. Udaya Kumar of IIT Bombay designed the Indian Rupee symbol in 2009, before which the Indian currency had no graphic ...

MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government on Thursday replaced the official rupee symbol (₹) with a Tamil letter ‘Ru’ which comes from ‘rubai’ (rupees in Tamil) in the state’s 2025-26 Budget.