Tamil Nadu government replaces national rupee symbol with Tamil script in Budget 2025 amid language controversy.

Stalin further noted that many people continue to use 'Rs' instead of 'Re' in English documents without any objections.

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin defended using the Tamil letter for 'ru' in the 2025-26 budget, citing Nirmala Sitharaman’s past ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin defended the use of the Tamil letter for 'ru' in the state's budget, citing Nirmala ...

The Tamil Nadu government, amid a battle with the Centre over Hindi imposition in the state, let go of the rupee symbol ( ₹) ...

Mr Kumar's design was chosen from 3,000 entries submitted nationwide, and he received an award of Rs 2.5 lakh. The symbol is ...

The replacing of the Indian rupee symbol with the Tamil letter ‘Ru’ in the budget presented for 2025-26 was to show how determined the ruling DMK was over the language policy, Tamil Nadu Chief ...

The man behind the iconic rupee symbol design is D. Udaya Kumar, an Indian academic and designer with a passion for typography and graphic design. Kumar's design for the rupee symbol is a blend of the ...

The Tamil Nadu government has long been at odds with the Centre over language policies, with repeated accusations that the ...

Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, designer of the Indian rupee symbol, responded to controversy over Tamil Nadu's decision to replace ...

The logo, released by the office of Chief Minister M K Stalin, which read ‘Ellorkkum Ellaam’ (Everything for Everyone), carried ‘ru’, the first letter of the Tamil word ‘rubaai’ which denotes the ...