Already, most Indian publications have been using it, and there’s certainly been some excitement that our own rupee sign is an indication that our economy has made it into the big league.

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has questioned the presence of the US dollar sign that appears on keyboards of laptops and computers sold in India and suggested that it should be replaced by the rupee sign.

The rupee sign "Rs" is used for currencies in the Seychelles, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius. It was also used in India before the introduction of the Indian rupee symbol ₹ in 2010.

In a recent post on X, he wondered why the Dollar sign on the keyboards of laptops or computers is not replaced with the Rupee sign in India. Soon after he made the post, numerous people took to ...