Context:
Tamil Nadu government replaced the official Indian Rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter ‘Roo’ (ரூ) in the state Budget 2025-26.
Indian Rupee Symbol:
- Officially adopted on – July 15, 2010.
- Designed by – Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
- Previously denoted as “Rs” or “INR,” leading to confusion with currencies of other rupee-using countries like Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
- Used in official transactions, currency notes, and digital financial systems.
- Symbols used –
- A fusion of the Devanagari ‘Ra’ (र)and the Roman ‘R’
- 2 parallel horizontal strokes – Represent the Indian national flag and economic stability.
- Unicode for the Indian Rupee Symbol – U+20B9.
- Unicode – Universal standard that assigns unique code points to characters, symbols, and scripts across languages.
Source: TH
Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements in respect of the National Flag of India according to the Flag Code of India, 2002:
Statement-I: One of the standard sizes of the National Flag of India is 600 mm * 400 mm.
Statement-II: The ratio of the length to the height (width) of the Flag shall be 3:2.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2023 Prelims]
(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I
(c) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect
(d) Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
Statement 1 is not correct. The standard sizes of the National Flag of India does not include the dimension 600*400mm.