However, it goes on to say that it would allow for "certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology of cryptocurrency and its uses".Meanwhile, the bill will also "create a facilitative framework for creation of the official digital currency to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India".Indian prime minister Narendra Modi recently said that cryptocurrencies could “spoil our youth” while the country's central bank has long been sceptical of the likes of bitcoin.In 2018 the RBI banned financial institutions facilitating services related to cryptocurrencies.
The move was overturned by the supreme court last year.
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