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The selection process was challenged under the [[Right to Information Act]] in the [[Delhi High Court]]. The petitioner, Rakesh Kumar, who was a participant in the competition, described the process as "full of discrepancies" and "flawed", and named the Finance Ministry and the chairman of Indian Rupee Symbol Selection Committee as respondents.<ref name="HindustanTimes_23Nov2010_HarishNair_Rsselectionchallenged">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rs-selection-process-challenged-in-High-Cout/Article1-630123.aspx|title=‘Rs' selection process challenged in High Cout|last=Nair|first=Harish V|date=23 November 2010|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref>
The selection process was challenged under the [[Right to Information Act]] in the [[Delhi High Court]]. The petitioner, Rakesh Kumar, who was a participant in the competition, described the process as "full of discrepancies" and "flawed", and named the Finance Ministry and the chairman of Indian Rupee Symbol Selection Committee as respondents.<ref name="HindustanTimes_23Nov2010_HarishNair_Rsselectionchallenged">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rs-selection-process-challenged-in-High-Cout/Article1-630123.aspx|title=‘Rs' selection process challenged in High Cout|last=Nair|first=Harish V|date=23 November 2010|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref>


On 26 November 2010, the Delhi High single bench Court dismissed the writ petition stating there was no justifiable ground for the stated allegations.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.scribd.com/doc/44442322/Rupee-Symbol-Delhi-High-Court |title =W.P.(C) No. 7915 of 2010 & CMs 20440-41/2010 |accessdate =2011-02-28 |publisher =Scribd}. But on March 31, 2011 Hon'ble Chief Justice and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna of Delhi High Court in their judgment court allows RTI activist Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh to file PIL against “[http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2011/06/delhi-high-court-allows-rti-activist-to.html Indian Rupee symbol selection process]”.
On 26 November 2010, the Delhi High single bench Court dismissed the writ petition stating there was no justifiable ground for the stated allegations.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.scribd.com/doc/44442322/Rupee-Symbol-Delhi-High-Court |title =W.P.(C) No. 7915 of 2010 & CMs 20440-41/2010 |accessdate =2011-02-28 |publisher =Scribd}. But on March 31, 2011 Hon'ble Chief Justice and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna of Delhi High Court in their judgment court allows RTI activist Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh to file PIL against “[http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2011/06/delhi-high-court-allows-rti-activist-to.html Indian Rupee symbol selection process]”.
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* [http://evertype.com/fonts/rupakara/ Rupakara, a font for India] [[Michael Everson]]'s font which was the first font{{fact}} to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN at the recommended code position U+20B9 and which supports [[ISO 15919|Indian transliteration characters]].
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==See also==

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This article is about the currency sign devised for the Indian rupee in July 2010. For other uses, see Rupee sign.
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The Indian rupee sign (₹) is the currency sign used for the Indian rupee, the official currency of India. The Indian rupee sign was selected through an open competition among Indian residents. The design was presented to the public by the government of India on 15 July 2010.[1] The design of the Indian rupee sign is a combination of the Devanagari letter "र" (ra) and the Latin capital letter "R". The Indian rupee sign is placed at U+20B9 in the Unicode character set – U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN.

Origin

On 5 March 2009, the Indian government announced a contest to create a sign for the Indian rupee.[2][3] During the Union Budget 2010, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee mentioned that the proposed sign would reflect and capture the Indian ethos and culture.[4] Five signs created by Nondita Correa-Mehrotra, Hitesh Padmashali, Shibin KK, Shahrukh J Irani, and D Udaya Kumar[5][6] had been short listed[6] from around 3331 responses received and one of them was to be finalized at the Union Council of Ministers of India meeting held on 24 June 2010.[7] The decision was deferred by a request of the Finance Minister,[4] and it was decided when they met again on 15 July 2010,[1] and selected the symbol created by son of DMK leaderMr.Udaya Kumar.[1][8]

The selection process was challenged under the Right to Information Act in the Delhi High Court. The petitioner, Rakesh Kumar, who was a participant in the competition, described the process as "full of discrepancies" and "flawed", and named the Finance Ministry and the chairman of Indian Rupee Symbol Selection Committee as respondents.[9]

On 26 November 2010, the Delhi High single bench Court dismissed the writ petition stating there was no justifiable ground for the stated allegations.[10]

But on March 31, 2011 Hon'ble Chief Justice and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna of Delhi High Court in their judgment court allows RTI activist Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh to file PIL against “Indian Rupee symbol selection process”.

Design

The new sign is a combination of the Devanagari letter "र" (ra) and the Latin capital letter "R" without its vertical bar (similar to the R rotunda). The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) are said to make an allusion to the tricolor Indian flag.[11] and also depict an equality sign which symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity.

The final selected symbol was designed by D Udaya Kumar, a five-year B.Tech student at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. The thoughts and philosophy behind the design can be seen in this presentation - http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf

Usage

The Indian government will try to adopt the sign within six months in the country and globally within 18 to 24 months.[1]

The Indian rupee sign is currently used in all leading newspapers and can be seen in any price tag for products. Also various articles in papers where currency is to be used, this new sign is adopted instead of previous sign (Rs). Various new solutions for the usage of the Rupee Symbol have been also developed like WebRupee provides an API which facilitates the usage of the Rupee symbol over the web. Additionally, the Ubuntu operating system is the first computer program to support the Rupee symbol out of the box.[12] The old sign will still be used by other countries that use a Rupee, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Nepal.

Major banks have also started printing cheques with the Indian rupee sign where the traditional "₨" sign was used. The Indian Postal Department has also started printing postage stamps with the Indian rupee sign, when it issued the Commonwealth Games commemorative stamps on 3 October 2010.[13] In his budget speech on 28 February 2011 the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee announced that the sign will be incorporated on future coin issues.[14]

Unicode

On 10 August 2010 the Unicode Technical Committee accepted the proposed code position U+20B9 INDIAN RUPEE SIGN.[15] The character has been encoded in the Unicode 6.0, and named distinctly from the existing character U+20A8 ₨ RUPEE SIGN, which will continue to be available as the generic rupee sign.[16][17]

Currently the Indian rupee sign is officially supported by following fonts:

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cabinet approves new rupee symbol". Times of India. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/currency_coinage/Comp_Design.pdf COMPETITION FOR DESIGN
  3. ^ "India seeks global symbol for rupee". Hindustan Times. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Cabinet defers decision on rupee symbol". Sify Finance. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010. Cite error: The named reference "PTI symbol" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Rupee: Which of the 5 final designs do you like?". Rediff Business. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  6. ^ a b "List of Five Entries which have been selected for Final". Ministry of Finance, Govt of India. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Rupee to get a symbol today!". Money Control.com. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  8. ^ "D.Udaya Kumar". IIT Bombay.
  9. ^ Nair, Harish V (23 November 2010). "'Rs' selection process challenged in High Cout". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  10. ^ {{cite web|url =http://www.scribd.com/doc/44442322/Rupee-Symbol-Delhi-High-Court |title =W.P.(C) No. 7915 of 2010 & CMs 20440-41/2010 |accessdate =2011-02-28 |publisher =Scribd}. But on March 31, 2011 Hon'ble Chief Justice and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna of Delhi High Court in their judgment court allows RTI activist Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh to file PIL against “Indian Rupee symbol selection process”. }
  11. ^ "Indian Rupee Joins Elite Currency Club". Theworldreporter.com. 17 July 2010.
  12. ^ http://techie-buzz.com/india-tech/ubuntu-10-10-indian-rupee-font.html
  13. ^ http://www.indiapost.gov.in/netscape/Stamps2010.html Indian stamp issues 2010
  14. ^ http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=360686&catid=40 Coins with new Rupee symbol soon
  15. ^ Michael Everson (19 July 2010). "Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  16. ^ Unicode Currency Chart
  17. ^ U+20B9: Rupee gets Unicode identity
  18. ^ "DejaVu fonts - Changes from 2.31 to 2.32".
  19. ^ "Indian Rupee Sign".
  20. ^ "Lorimer Fonts".

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