<section id="cxTargetSection3" data-mw-cx-source="undefined"><p id="mwHA"><span data-segmentid="186" class="cx-segment">In 2010, a <a href="./Indian_rupee_sign" rel="mw:WikiLink" data-linkid="187" class="cx-link" id="mwHQ" title="Indian rupee sign">new rupee symbol</a> '<span about="#mwt12" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"INR","href":"./Template:INR"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}" id="mwHg" style="white-space: nowrap" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-ve-no-generated-contents="true">₹</span>', was officially adopted. </span><span data-segmentid="188" class="cx-segment">It was derived from the combination of the <a href="./Devanagari" rel="mw:WikiLink" data-linkid="189" class="cx-link" id="mwHw" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a> consonant "<a href="./र" rel="mw:WikiLink" data-linkid="190" class="mw-redirect cx-link" id="mwIA" title="र">र</a>" (<i id="mwIQ">ra</i>) and the <a href="./Latin_alphabet" rel="mw:WikiLink" data-linkid="191" class="cx-link" id="mwIg" title="Latin alphabet">Latin</a> capital letter "R" without its vertical bar (similar to the <a href="./R_rotunda" rel="mw:WikiLink" data-linkid="192" class="cx-link" id="mwIw" title="R rotunda">R rotunda</a>). </span><span data-segmentid="193" class="cx-segment">The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) are said to make an allusion to the tricolour <a href="./Flag_of_India" rel="mw:WikiLink" data-linkid="194" class="cx-link" id="mwJA" title="Flag of India">Indian flag</a>,<sup typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-mw="{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6","html":"<cite about=\"#mwt13\" class=\"citation web\" data-mw=\"{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;cite web&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:Cite_web&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;http://www.theworldreporter.com/2010/07/indian-rupee-joins-elite-currency-club.html&quot;},&quot;title&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;Indian Rupee Joins Elite Currency Club&quot;},&quot;publisher&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;Theworldreporter.com&quot;},&quot;date&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;17 July 2010&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}\" id=\"mwBzk\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-ve-no-generated-contents=\"true\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http://www.theworldreporter.com/2010/07/indian-rupee-joins-elite-currency-club.html\" id=\"mwBzo\" rel=\"mw:ExtLink\">\"Indian Rupee Joins Elite Currency Club\"</a>. Theworldreporter.com. 17 July 2010.</cite><link about=\"#mwt13\" data-mw=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;templatestyles&quot;,&quot;attrs&quot;:{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css&quot;},&quot;body&quot;:{&quot;extsrc&quot;:&quot;&quot;}}\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r861714446\" id=\"mwBzw\" rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" typeof=\"mw:Extension/templatestyles\" data-ve-ignore=\"true\">"}}" class="mw-ref" about="#mwt497" id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references"><a href="./Indian_rupee#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></sup> and also depict an equality sign that symbolises the nation's desire to reduce <a href="./Economic_inequality" rel="mw:WikiLink" data-linkid="195" class="cx-link" id="mwJQ" title="Economic inequality">economic disparity</a>. </span><span data-segmentid="196" class="cx-segment">The first series of coins with the new rupee symbol started in circulation on 8 July 2011.</span></p>