RBI CBDC Digital Rupee: The First Digital Rupee In The Country, Into Circulation From Today

The Reserve Bank of India has launched a digital rupee. Today, the digital rupee or central bank digital currency has come into circulation. The banking regulator has long been adamant that allowing private digital money or crypto-assets such as unstable bitcoin for transactions would put the country’s finances at risk. It is said that black money changes hands, unsocial forces are unleashed and it is not possible to keep an eye on such transactions. Along the same lines, the central government imposed a huge tax on crypto assets trading.

The RBI has introduced the wholesale digital rupee on a trial basis from Tuesday, November 1, 2022. It has thus become one of the major central banks to launch a pilot project with its own virtual currency. During the trial period, the wholesale digital rupee will be used for the settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities.
In the first phase, the central bank has approved 9 banks to participate in the wholesale e-rupee pilot project. Allowed by State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank, and HSBC.

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The RBI has made a statement that it expects the use of wholesale digital rupee to make the ‘inter-banking market’ more efficient. During the pilot project phase, CBDC will be systematically issued by the central bank to each bank’s CBDC account. CBDC is also provided on demand from respective banks

The digital rupee has many uses. A reduction in cash settlements through the central bank will reduce transaction costs on them. As a result, the financial burden on the banks will be reduced. Finally, that benefit goes to the people. If retail digital rupees are also available, the menace of online financial fraud will be significantly reduced. The days of keeping money in hand will become history.

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Depending on the results of the domestic pilot project, the scope of digital rupee transactions will be expanded to other wholesale transactions and foreign payments as well. A pilot project for the retail version will also be launched within a month, the Reserve Bank said. However, these will not be made available to everyone from day one. A limited number of consumer–business groups will be selected for transactions in certain areas for a pilot project in the digital rupee retail segment.

It allows digital transactions with low value. The digital currency that the Central Bank is adopting is the digital form of currency notes and coins currently in circulation. Neither existing currency nor coins will be abolished. They are also in a state of flux. In addition to these, CBDC is useful.