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India Has No Plans to Recognize Bitcoin as Currency; RBI Working on CBDC Rollout: Reports
The Indian parliament kicked off its winter session on Monday. Key crypto legislation will be discussed.
The Indian government does not plan to recognize bitcoin as a currency, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.
- During a question and answer session in the parliament, Sitharaman also said the government does not collect data on bitcoin transactions, according to a report from local news site Mint.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is also working on the phased implementation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the ministry of finance said, according to a report from the Economic Times (ET) on Monday. The central bank was reportedly planning to pilot test a CBDC in 2022.
- The RBI has already proposed an amendment a 1934 act to include digital currencies in the definition of bank notes, according to ET.
- The Indian parliament will discuss a highly anticipated bill for cryptocurrencies proposed by the government during its winter session, which started on Monday.
- The bill will ban all private cryptocurrencies, only allowing some to promote the underlying technology, but will also look to set up a framework for a RBI-backed digital currency, according to a Nov. 23 parliament bulletin.
Read more: Indian Government Submits Bill to Ban Most Cryptocurrencies, Dashing Hopes for Friendlier Measure
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Eliza Gkritsi
Eliza Gkritsi is a CoinDesk contributor focused on the intersection of crypto and AI, having previously covered mining for two years. She previously worked at TechNode in Shanghai and has graduated from the London School of Economics, Fudan University, and the University of York. She owns 25 WLD. She tweets as @egreechee.
