on the GST in 2017 in which she used the “roo” as the symbol for the Indian currency. In the printed version of Tamil Nadu’s budget speech on Friday, “Rs.” has been used in the English version and ...

The BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit K president Annamalai said, “The DMK government’s Budget for 2025-26 replaces the rupee symbol designed by a Tamilian, which was adopted by the whole of Bharat and ...

The change of the worldwide recognised ₹ symbol to the Tamil Nadu language has created a massive political controversy, and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called it a “dangerous mindset” ...

Hours after the Tamil Nadu Government released a new rupee logo for the state budget, IIT Guwahati Professor D. Udaya Kumar, who had designed the Indian rupee symbol, on Thursday (March 13 ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is among the latest to condemn the move. Taking to social media platform X, she criticised the DMK government, describing it as "a completely avoidable ...

Indian rupee sign row: IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, the creator of India’s official rupee symbol “₹,” has distanced himself from the controversy surrounding the Tamil Nadu government’s ...

The DMK Government's State Budget for 2025-26 replaces the Rupee Symbol designed by a Tamilian, which was adopted by the whole of Bharat and incorporated into our Currency. Thiru Udhay Kumar ...

Sitharaman added that the term has been deeply embedded in Tamil trade and literature for centuries and is still used for currency in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The DMK government has reportedly ...

“The DMK Government’s State Budget for 2025-26 replaces the Rupee Symbol designed by a Tamilian, which was adopted by the whole of Bharat and incorporated into our Currency.” “Thiru Udhay Kumar, who ...

The presentation of this year’s budget has been overshadowed by controversy following Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s decision to remove the Indian rupee symbol (₹) from the state budget’s ...

New Delhi: DMK-led Tamil Nadu government move to replace the rupee symbol signals a dangerous mindset that weakens Indian unity and promotes secessionist sentiments under the pretence of regional ...