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'Signals dangerous mindset': Tamil word ‘rupaai’ has deep roots in Sanskrit word ‘rupya’, says Nirmala Sitharaman on TN Budget logo row

CHENNAI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday strongly criticized the DMK government for replacing the official rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter ‘Ru’ in the Tamil Nadu Budget ...
Mint

Tracing ₹'s roots: History, design, adoption and controversies; how rupee symbol came to be

Amid the tussle over language and Hindi imposition with the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget 2025-26, which was ...
The Pioneer

TN Govt replaces Rupee symbol in budget logo with Tamil letter, draws BJP's ire

The DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Thursday released the logo for its budget for the year 2025-26, which replaced the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter. The move saw the state BJP hit out at ...
Indiatimes

'Signals dangerous mindset': Tamil word ‘rupaai’ has deep roots in Sanskrit word ‘rupya’, says Nirmala Sitharaman on TN Budget logo row

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticized the DMK government for replacing the official rupee symbol with a Tamil character in the Tamil Nadu Budget 2025-26 documents, questioning their ...