TN govt replaces Rupee symbol in budget logo with Tamil letter

Amid a fierce language tussle with the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government has replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget 2025-26, which will be tabled in the state Assembly on Friday.

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu is scheduled to table the budget on



Friday.

The logo for the budget, released by the government on Thursday, carried ‘ru’, the first letter of the Tamil word ‘Rubaai’, which denotes the Indian currency in the vernacular language. The logo also had the caption “everything for all,” indicating what the ruling DMK claims is its inclusive governance model.