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Indian rupee symbol in graphic form. The new sign is a combination of the Devanagari letter र ("ra") and the Latin capital letter R without its vertical bar. The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) makes an allusion to the tricolour Indian flag and also depict an equality sign that symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity.
The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is "₨". India adopted a new symbol (₹) for the Indian rupee on 15 July 2010. In most parts of India, the rupee is known as rupaya, rupaye, or one of several other terms derived from the Sanskrit rūpya, meaning silver. Ṭaṅka is an ancient Sanskrit word for money.
The rupee sign " ₨ " is a currency sign used to represent the monetary unit of account in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, and formerly in India. It resembles, and is often written as, the Latin character sequence "Rs", of which (as a single character) it is an orthographic ligature. It is common to find a punctuation mark ...
In a world where the U.S. dollar, European euro, Japanese yen and British pound each have a symbol for their currency, the India rupee is trying to get in on the international monetary party. The ...
The Indian rupee ( symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency in India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise ( Hindi plural; singular: paisa ). The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India.
Answered: OK, so the news might be 6 months old, but I wasn't aware of it and spotted it straight away when I went to buy my daily Herald a couple of weeks ago when I arrived at the start of my 2 week...
Kumar conceptualised the design for Rupee symbol for Indian currency. The symbol is created using the Devanagari letter र 'Ra' and Roman capital letter 'R'. The letters are derived from the word Rupiah in Hindi and Rupees in English, so the symbol is meaningful to both Indians and international users.
Sorry to say but Indian Rupee is not accepted in Sri Lanka as per the norms of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Also, it is not a good idea to bring INR to Sri Lanka and convert it to Lankan Rupees (LKR). INR has very low demand and you shall get an unfair exchange rate. It is always better to carry the US Dollar to Sri Lanka and convert it to ...