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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

15-July-2011 18:27 IST

Symbol Encoded in Unicode Standard and National Standard ISCII

In order to promote the new symbol of Rupee i.e. the same has been encoded in Unicode Standard and National Standard ISCII. The new symbol has also been placed on the keyboard and by pressing “Alt Gr” + “4” keys together it can be typed. Detailed information is hosted on TDIL Centre (http://tdil-dc.in/) for the benefit of the users at large.

DSM/SS/GN

Rupee symbol encoding established to standardise digital representation and keyboard input for interoperable use. The Indian rupee symbol has been encoded in the Unicode Standard and the national ISCII character set to enable interoperable digital representation. A standard keyboard mapping is specified, with the symbol producible by the key combination Alt Gr + 4, and implementation guidance is published on the TDIL Centre portal for software vendors and users.