Stalin’s govt replaces Rupee symbol with Tamil letter in State Budget
Chennai: M K Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government has replaced the official rupee symbol with a Tamil letter ‘Ru’ which comes from ‘rubai’ (rupees in Tamil) in the state’s 2025-26 Budget, which will be tabled today.
According to Kashmir Media Service, this marks the first time a state has rejected the national currency symbol, taking its resistance to the National Education Policy (NEP) to a new level.
Speaking to the media about the currency swap, DMK leader Saravanan Annadurai said, “We have put the Tamil word for Rupees. This is not a showdown, there is nothing illegal about it. We will prioritise Tamil, that is why the government went ahead with this.”
“I just asked them to promote Tamil properly. Tamil Nadu is continuously performing well in the education sector. People are not migrating to North India from here, they are going to the United States and the United Kingdom. BJP is not able to digest this,” he added.
Speaking about the person who designed the symbol, Annadurai said, “The country should be proud that someone from Tamil Nadu has designed this. This is not about who has designed that or not. This is about promoting Tamil, no law prevents us from using this.”
He said that the person who designed it is a Tamilian and it is “because of the Tamilians we are achieving greater things.”
