The rupee (₹) symbol was introduced less than 15 years ago, chosen from thousands of designs. Incidentally, the design that was selected was created by the son of a former DMK MLA ...

The M.K. Stalin government has replaced the rupee symbol with the Tamil letter for ‘Ru’ in the state budget logo, amid the ongoing three-language controversy. Before 2010, the Indian rupee ...

The Tamil government's decision to replace the Indian rupee symbol with a new logo - Tamil alphabet 'Ru' - has triggered a massive political controversy amid the ongoing language battle.

Meanwhile, the ruling DMK defended its party-led government replacing the Indian rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget 2025-26, saying there was nothing wrong in using the ...

The rupee symbol was originally designed by Tamilian Udaya Kumar, whose work incorporated both Indian and universal design features. The current rupee symbol was designed by a Tamilian designer ...

He said he wanted to ensure that the sign had a universal appeal but stayed true to the Indian culture. The rupee symbol controversy exploded yesterday after Chief Minister MK Stalin shared the ...

He also shared the logo of the 2024-25 Tamil Nadu budget that had the Indian rupee symbol. Also read: Stalin drops rupee symbol: The Tamil Nadu man who designed the sign and his DMK connection BJP ...

The rupee symbol was designed by Udhay Kumar, a Tamil Nadu-based academic and son of former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLA N Dharmalingam, and was officially adopted by the Indian government in 2010.

who had designed the Indian rupee symbol, on Thursday refused to be drawn into the controversy over language and said it is a mere coincidence that his father was a DMK MLA.