Indian Rupee official symbol announced

Today Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni announced or released the pictures of official symbol of Indian currency Rupee, With this India will join an elite group of countries like the US dollar, euro, which have a distinct currency symbol.The Rupee symbol design includes both Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ and has two parallel lines running at the top, which symbolise the equal to sign.

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So is that guy that designed it rich now?

Not if he is a government employee. Maybe as a contractor...

Yes of course. 2.5 lacs rupees just for a logo design is a good deal.

Dinesh said:

Yes of course. 2.5 lacs rupees just for a logo design is a good deal.

IF you dont mind me asking, how much is that in American dollars?

Also noticed in Finnish media (Intian uusi rupiamerkki puuttuu pitkään näppäimistöstä | Tiede ja tekniikka | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi), telling us Finns that our own Nokia has already started to plan how to implement new Rupee sign to mobile phones, warning at the same time that it can take years before this sign can be found on computer keyboards and mobile phones.

Kari

P.S. 2.5 lakh Rupee = 250,000 Rupee = €4,111 = $5,344 (exchange rates 6PM CET on 16th July, 2010). It's about two times the GDP PPP (Gross Domestic Product Purchasing Power Parity) of India, so for instance compared to someone living and working in the USA it would roughly be an equivalent of $90,000.

Nokia rules the cellphone market in India. Good to hear that they are planning to include the symbol in their phones. However, I really didnt like the new currency symbol.

To type the new Rupee symbol on computer keyboard, just
install the font from the below links and open MS Word, select "Rupee
Foradiar" font style and press the grave acent symbol – ` (the key just
above “tab” button in your
...keyboard.
Download font:
For XP: How to install or remove a font in Windows
For Windows 7:
http://tinyurl.com/rupeefont

Dinesh said:

To type the new Rupee symbol on computer keyboard, just
install the font from the below links and open MS Word, select "Rupee
Foradiar" font style and press the grave acent symbol – ` (the key just
above “tab” button in your
...keyboard.
Download font:
For XP: How to install or remove a font in Windows
For Windows 7:
http://tinyurl.com/rupeefont

That font replaces the ` glyph with the Rupee symbol :)
Good work Dinesh.

PS. Not sure if I really like the new Rupee symbol. Anyway, its not much of a strain to type it the old fashioned way (Rs. or INR)