Tamil Nadu's chief minister M K Stalin defended the use of the Tamil letter 'roo' in the recent budget logo, emphasizing the importance of the state's language policy. He criticized Union finance ...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin defended the use of the Tamil letter ‘roo’ to denote the rupee in the state government’s budget logo, saying it was done to convey TN’s commitment to its ...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin defended the use of the Tamil letter ‘roo’ to denote the rupee in the state government’s budget logo, saying it was done to convey TN’s ...

In 1986, then Prime Minister Bob Hawke commissioned legendary designer Ken Cato to create what may be the nation’s most ...

2025), released a promotional logo for the State Budget 2025-26, replacing the Indian currency symbol ₹ with the Tamil alphabet ‘Roo’ (‘ரூ’) to denote ‘Roobai’ (the Tamil word ...

The logo, which was unveiled by Chief Minister ... identity in opposition to national identity. However, the use of ‘Roo’ is more a symbolic representation of Tamil — one of India’s ...

But not everyone is impressed. The state government has used the Tamil alphabet “roo” as the symbol for the rupee in a promotional logo for the upcoming state budget. The nation’s official symbol for ...