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Indian Rupee (INR)
The Indian rupee (INR) is the official currency of India, divided into 100 paise and issued by the Reserve Bank of India. Its ₹ symbol, combining the Devanagari letter ra with a Latin R, was adopted in 2010.
Updated Sep 19, 2026, 12:02 AM
Common INR amounts
Updated Sep 19, 2026, 12:02 AM
INR against the major currencies
| Currency | 1 INR = | 1 unit in INR |
|---|---|---|
| USDUS Dollar | 0.01042 | 95.9896 |
| EUREuro | 0.009077 | 110.173 |
| GBPBritish Pound | 0.007794 | 128.308 |
| JPYJapanese Yen | 1.6362 | 0.61118 |
| CHFSwiss Franc | 0.008577 | 116.588 |
| CADCanadian Dollar | 0.01458 | 68.6032 |
| AUDAustralian Dollar | 0.01463 | 68.3465 |
| CNYChinese Yuan | 0.06995 | 14.2967 |
| XOFWest African CFA Franc | 5.9531 | 0.16798 |
| XAFCentral African CFA Franc | 5.9531 | 0.16798 |
| MADMoroccan Dirham | 0.09861 | 10.1409 |
| NGNNigerian Naira | 13.8539 | 0.07218 |
| ZARSouth African Rand | 0.16946 | 5.9012 |
| BRLBrazilian Real | 0.05351 | 18.6884 |
| MXNMexican Peso | 0.17931 | 5.5769 |
| RUBRussian Ruble | 0.87936 | 1.1372 |
| TRYTurkish Lira | 0.50820 | 1.9677 |
| AEDUAE Dirham | 0.03826 | 26.1374 |
| SARSaudi Riyal | 0.03907 | 25.5972 |
| SEKSwedish Krona | 0.10247 | 9.7587 |
| NOKNorwegian Krone | 0.09815 | 10.1880 |
| PLNPolish Zloty | 0.03959 | 25.2580 |
| KRWSouth Korean Won | 14.4483 | 0.06921 |
| SGDSingapore Dollar | 0.01330 | 75.1935 |
The figure shown is the mid-market rate: the midpoint between the buy and sell price, updated hourly. It is the rate before any margin is added, so a bank or a bureau de change will quote you a lower one.
About the Indian Rupee
The name comes from rupiya, the silver coin standardised by Sher Shah Suri in the sixteenth century, and the unit has outlasted every regime that has issued it since. The Reserve Bank of India was founded in 1935 and the currency was decimalised in 1957, when the rupee of 16 annas became a rupee of 100 paise. Coins below one rupee have effectively disappeared from circulation, so paise survive in accounting and on price labels rather than in pockets.
Indian amounts are grouped differently from Western ones: after the first thousand, digits are separated in pairs, so ten million rupees is written 1,00,00,000 and read as one crore, while a hundred thousand is 1,00,000, one lakh. Remittances sent home by Indians working abroad are among the largest such flows in the world, which makes dollar, dirham, pound and euro conversions into rupees an everyday transaction for millions of households.
The rupee is the currency of India and is also legal tender in Bhutan alongside the ngultrum, which is pegged at par with it. It is widely accepted in Nepal, whose own rupee is pegged to the Indian one.
INR at a glance
- Symbol
- ₹ (adopted in 2010)
- Subunit
- 1 rupee = 100 paise
- Central bank
- Reserve Bank of India, founded in 1935
- Decimalised
- 1957
- ISO 4217 code
- INR
Most-viewed conversions from INR
- INR → USD1 INR = 0.01042 USD
- INR → EUR1 INR = 0.009077 EUR
- INR → GBP1 INR = 0.007794 GBP
- INR → JPY1 INR = 1.6362 JPY
- INR → CHF1 INR = 0.008577 CHF
- INR → CAD1 INR = 0.01458 CAD
- INR → AUD1 INR = 0.01463 AUD
- INR → CNY1 INR = 0.06995 CNY
- INR → XOF1 INR = 5.9531 XOF
- INR → XAF1 INR = 5.9531 XAF
- INR → MAD1 INR = 0.09861 MAD
- INR → NGN1 INR = 13.8539 NGN
Conversions into INR
FAQ
What is the Indian rupee?
The Indian rupee is the official currency of India, written INR under the ISO 4217 standard and shown with the ₹ sign. One rupee is divided into 100 paise. It is issued by the Reserve Bank of India, and its name descends from the rupiya, a silver coin of the sixteenth century.
What do lakh and crore mean in rupees?
A lakh is one hundred thousand rupees, written 1,00,000, and a crore is ten million, written 1,00,00,000. Indian digit grouping separates the last three digits and then works in pairs, so a converted amount displayed in Western grouping will look unfamiliar even though the value is identical.
Why do so many people convert dollars and dirhams to rupees?
Millions of Indians work abroad, particularly in the Gulf states, North America and the United Kingdom, and send money home regularly. Those transfers make USD to INR and AED to INR among the most searched conversions anywhere. The mid-market rate shown here is the reference point; a remittance service will quote a rate below it plus, in most cases, a fee.
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