The Indian rupee sign (sign : ₹; code : INR) is the currency sign for the Indian rupee , the official currency of India . Designed by Udaya Kumar , it was presented to the public by the
Government of India on 15 July 2010, [1] following its selection through an "open" competition among Indian residents. Before its adoption, the most commonly used symbols for the rupee were Rs , Re or, if the text was in an Indian language, an appropriate abbreviation in that language.
