Q:

How to type the Indian Rupee Symbol?

I want to type the Indian Rupee Symbol. So I went to System Settings >> Keyboard Layout and clicked on the Options button. Under the Adding Currency signs to keys sections, I checked the Rupee on 4 option.

Later when I opened the Layout Chart of the Keyboard there was Rupee sign in the 4 key but I do not know how to type the symbol. What combination of the keys will type the Rupee symbol on the screen?

A:

Just press Alt R+4 like in below image:

See also this answer.
Note: You need to change your keyboard setting to English (India, with rupee sign) as default for this to work.

A:

The other way is to use the following combination on any keyboard 
ctrl+shift+u then type 20b9 then spacebar
This will add the rupee symbol.

A:

IN ubuntu 14.04 LTS to get rupee sign (₹) follow the steps

click on symbol En
select text entry
click on + sign
double-click english(India ,with rupee sign)
close it
again click on symbol En
select english(India ,with rupee sign)
to type rupee sign press right Alt + 4

