Which currency is represented by the ISO code 'INR'?

The ISO code INR represents the Indian rupee.

INR is the three-letter international code assigned to India’s currency under ISO 4217. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise, and the Reserve Bank of India controls its issuance. The code is especially useful in banking, foreign exchange and international payments, where a short standardized identifier avoids confusion between currencies with similar names.

India’s modern rupee symbol, ₹, was designed by D. Udaya Kumar and unveiled by the Government of India on 15 July 2010. Its form combines elements resembling the Devanagari letter “र” and the Latin letter R. The symbol received Unicode code point U+20B9 later that year, helping it appear consistently in digital text.

The answer is specifically Indian rupee, not simply “rupee.” Several countries—including Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Mauritius—use currencies with that name. Likewise, Indonesian rupiah is a related word but has the separate ISO code IDR. INR removes that ambiguity by identifying India’s currency precisely.