INDIAN currency rupee to get a whole new Avatar

The Indian currency, rupee, usually abbreviated as [Rs] or [Re] or [INR], is finally to get a new International standard symbol like the US Dollar($), Pound Sterling(£),Yen(¥).

Over the last few months, open submission for the design was announced with a seven member jury consisting of Officials from govnt. RBI, National design institutes, Lalit Kala Art Academy to decide on the final vote. The Symbol is expected to be based on the devnagiri font (Hindi) representing the Tradition and Culture of India in simple to remember and use calligraphic text. Below image shows some of the early design entries.

There are 5 shortlisted designs which you can see here.
The winning design will be awarded 2.5 Lakh rupee requiring the designer to bestow full copyrights to the government for future reproduction.
The symbol should soon find way into your calculators, PDAs, mobiles and character mapping keyboards.


This new unique symbol will be standardized today at New Delhi,and is to represent the Indian rupee worldwide.



Image Source: www.ithappensinindia.com



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