The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may start pilot testing of digital currency ‘Digital Rupee’
for retail customers of the central bank within a month. RBI has given this information in a
Rupee' for retail customers of the central bank within a month.
RBI has given this information in a statement.
Let's know what is digital rupee and what will be the benefit to the customers...
What is its benefit
Acentral bank's digital currency is a digital form of a country's main currency.
Itis issued and regulated by the central bank
CBDC increases payment efficiency with financial inclusion
Stops criminal activity, improves international payment options
potentially net transactions
reduces cost
The cost of sending money will decrease The
World Bank estimates that at present the fee for sending money to other
countries in this way is more than 7, whereas with the introduction of digital
currency, this item will be reduced by 2.
Transaction without internet
According to currency experts, e-rupee will be token based.
This means that you can send money to the person to whom you want to send
money using his public key.
This can be like an email id.You will need to enter a password to send money.
E-Rupee will work even without internet.
However, detailed information is yet to come on this.
Will interest also be available
According to the draft proposal of RBI, no interest will be given on e-rupee.
Explaining the reason for this, the central bank has said that if this step is taken
i.e. interest is given on it, then a large number of people can withdraw money
from banks and convert it into e-rupee.
This can lead to instability in the currency market.
These countries have adopted cryptocurrency
India will be the first country to issue digital currency on behalf of the central
bank.
Prior to this, countries like Dubai (UAE), Russia, Sweden, Japan, Estonia and
Venezuela have launched their own cryptocurrency.