- During a question and answer session in the parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman also said that 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, in 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 an RBI-backed digital currency, according to a Nov. 23 parliament bulletin. Bitcoin As Currency.
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