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The final selected symbol was designed by [[D Udaya Kumar]], a [[B.Arch]] and student of [[visual communication]] at the Industrial Design Centre, [[IIT Bombay]]. The thoughts and philosophy behind the design are explained in this presentation.<ref>[http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf Ruppe book 3.indd<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The final selected symbol was designed by [[D Udaya Kumar]], a [[B.Arch]] and student of [[visual communication]] at the Industrial Design Centre, [[IIT Bombay]]. The thoughts and philosophy behind the design are explained in this presentation.<ref>[http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf Ruppe book 3.indd<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Controversy==
==Rupee Symbol Controversy==
The selection process was challenged under the [[Right to Information Act]] (RTI) 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 {{sic|nolink=y|Cout|expected=Court}}|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}}</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 {{sic|nolink=y|Cout|expected=Court}}|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 [http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Rs-selection-process-challenged-in-High-Cout/Article1-630123.aspx rupee symbol 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}}</ref>

But on 31 March 2011, High Court double bench of Chief Justice and Justice Sanjiv Khanna of Delhi High Court in their judgment court allowed RTI activist 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 April 25, 2012 [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hc-seeks-mha-reply-on-selection-of-logos/941570/ Delhi High court issues notice to government of India] over rupee and other symbols selection process. On July 11, 2012 in court hearing Government of India (GOI) [http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2012/07/rupee-symbol-delhi-high-court-slams.html did not respond to the serious charges made in PIL]. After that Delhi High Court slams MHA for failing to respond and asked government to respond with in four weeks, in next hearing on 22 August 2012.

In its October 3, 2012 order Delhi High Court said "[http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2012/10/rupee-symbol-delhi-high-court-granted.html last opportunity is granted to the respondent to file the counter affidavit. Let the same be filed within six weeks]."

On December 5, 2012 Delhi High Court issued [http://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-9915655.html notice to the Indian government] as GOI was not responding to the serious charges made in PIL.

On January 3, 2013 taking cognizance in view of the irregularities, flawed and arbitrariness involved in Rupee symbol and other public competitions, Delhi High Court in its landmark judgment directed [http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/2013/03/delhi-hc-direct-center-to-form-uniform.html Indian government to formulate/prepare guidelines to ensure transparency, wider participation of public] in public competitions.


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The Indian rupee sign (₹) is the currency sign for the Indian rupee, the official currency of India. Its design was presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010,[1] following its selection through an open competition among Indian residents. Before its adoption, the most commonly used symbols for the rupee were Rs, Re or, if the text was in an Indian language, an appropriate abbreviation in that language. The new sign relates solely to the Indian rupee; other countries that use a rupee, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal, still use the generic U+20A8 ₨ RUPEE SIGN character.

The design resembles both the Devanagari letter "र" (ra) and the Latin capital letter "R", with a double horizontal line at the top.

Origin of the symbol

On 5 March 2009, the Indian government announced a contest to create a sign for the Indian rupee.[2][3] During the 2010 Union Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the proposed sign would reflect and capture the Indian ethos and culture.[4] From around 3,331 responses received, five symbols were shortlisted.[5] These were the entries from Nondita Correa-Mehrotra, Hitesh Padmashali, Shibin KK, Shahrukh J Irani, and D Udaya Kumar[6][7]and one of them was due to be selected at the Union Council of Ministers of India meeting held on 24 June 2010.[8] However, the decision was deferred at the request of the Finance Minister,[4] and the final decision made when they met again on 15 July 2010,[1] when they chose the symbol created by D Udaya Kumar, son of N. Dharmalingam, a former DMK MLA.[9]

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.[10] and also depict an equality sign that symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity[citation needed].

The final selected symbol was designed by D Udaya Kumar, a B.Arch and student of visual communication at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. The thoughts and philosophy behind the design are explained in this presentation.[11]

Rupee Symbol Controversy

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.[12]

On 26 November 2010, the Delhi High single bench Court dismissed the rupee symbol writ petition, stating there was no justifiable ground for the stated allegations.[13]

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

On April 25, 2012 Delhi High court issues notice to government of India over rupee and other symbols selection process. On July 11, 2012 in court hearing Government of India (GOI) did not respond to the serious charges made in PIL. After that Delhi High Court slams MHA for failing to respond and asked government to respond with in four weeks, in next hearing on 22 August 2012.

In its October 3, 2012 order Delhi High Court said "last opportunity is granted to the respondent to file the counter affidavit. Let the same be filed within six weeks."

On December 5, 2012 Delhi High Court issued notice to the Indian government as GOI was not responding to the serious charges made in PIL.

On January 3, 2013 taking cognizance in view of the irregularities, flawed and arbitrariness involved in Rupee symbol and other public competitions, Delhi High Court in its landmark judgment directed Indian government to formulate/prepare guidelines to ensure transparency, wider participation of public in public competitions.

Usage

New two Rupees coin with the Rupee sign.

Upon the symbol’s adoption in July 2010, the Indian government said it would try to adopt the sign within six months in the country and globally within 18 to 24 months.[1]

The Indian rupee sign is now used in all leading newspapers and can be seen on price tags for products, and for various articles in papers in which currency is used, this new sign is being adopted instead of the previous sign (Rs.). Various new solutions for the usage of the new symbol have been also developed, such as WebRupee providing an API that facilitates the usage of the Rupee symbol over the Web. Additionally, the Ubuntu operating system is the first computer software, out of the box, to support the new rupee symbol.[14]

Major banks have also started printing cheques with the Indian rupee sign, where the traditional “₨” sign was used. The Indian Postal Department also started printing postage stamps with the Indian rupee sign, when it issued the Commonwealth Games commemorative stamps on 3 October 2010.[15] In his budget speech on 28 February 2011, the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, announced that the sign will be incorporated in future coin issues.[16] Coins of denomination of 1, 2, 5, and 10 rupees with the new rupee symbol have been put into circulation.[17][18] As of January 2012, the new Indian rupee sign has been incorporated in the currency notes in the denominations of Rs. 10, 100, 500, and 1000[19][20][21][22] and as of 12 April 2012 this was extended to denominations of Rs. 20 and 50.[23]

Unicode

On 10 August 2010, the Unicode Technical Committee accepted the proposed code position U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN (graphic:).[24] 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.[25][26]

Ubuntu became the first operating system to support the Indian rupee symbol by default. Since its 10.10 version it has supported the symbol out of the box,[27] as it was added to the Ubuntu font family by a contributor.[28]

The rupee symbol has been added in Fedora 15, codenamed as Lovelock.[29]

On 18 May 2011, Microsoft released an update to Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems to include support for this new Indian rupee symbol. This update includes font support, locale changes, and keyboard support.[30] With the Windows update, it is now possible to use alt code text entry to obtain the Indian Rupee symbol - Alt 8377.

Apple Inc. has added support for the rupee symbol with iOS 5.

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Cabinet approves new rupee symbol". Times of India. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010. Cite error: The named reference "Final symbol" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  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. ^ "List of Five Entries which have been selected for Final". Ministry of Finance, Govt of India. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Rupee: Which of the 5 final designs do you like?". Rediff Business. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  7. ^ "List of Five Entries which have been selected for Final". Ministry of Finance, Govt of India. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Rupee to get a symbol today!". Money Control.com. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Rupee symbol maker has DMK background". thestatesman.net. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Indian Rupee Joins Elite Currency Club". Theworldreporter.com. 17 July 2010.
  11. ^ Ruppe book 3.indd
  12. ^ Nair, Harish V (23 November 2010). "'Rs' selection process challenged in High Cout [sic]". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  13. ^ "W.P.(C) No. 7915 of 2010 & CMs 20440-41/2010". Scribd. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  14. ^ Ubuntu 10.10 First OS to Have Indian Rupee Symbol
  15. ^ http://www.indiapost.gov.in/netscape/Stamps2010.html Indian stamp issues 2010
  16. ^ http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=360686&catid=40 Coins with new Rupee symbol soon
  17. ^ "Issue of new series of Coins". RBI. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  18. ^ "This numismatist lays hands on coins with Rupee symbol". Times of India. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  19. ^ "Issue of ` 10/- Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol (`)". RBI. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  20. ^ "Issue of ` 500 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol". RBI. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  21. ^ "Issue of ` 1000 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol". RBI. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  22. ^ "Issue of `100 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol". RBI. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  23. ^ "RBI to issue Rs 20 and Rs 50 notes with rupee symbol". Economic Times. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  24. ^ Michael Everson (19 July 2010). "Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  25. ^ Unicode Currency Chart
  26. ^ U+20B9: Rupee gets Unicode identity
  27. ^ http://blogs.kde.org/node/4331
  28. ^ http://font.ubuntu.com/rupee/
  29. ^ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/FeatureList
  30. ^ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496898

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