The government is set to move Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 in the winter session of Parliament for consideration and passing.The cryptocurrency bill seeks to create a facilitative framework for the creation of official digital currency to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
It also seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India.However, the Bill allows certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology behind cryptocurrency and its uses.The development comes a week after a Jayant Sinha-led parliamentary panel gathered views from the representatives of crypto exchanges, Blockchain and Crypto Assets Council (BACC), industry bodies and other stakeholders on crypto finance.
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