India Announces Upcoming Launch of Central Bank Digital Currency, Digital Rup...

India Announces Upcoming Launch of Central Bank Digital Currency, Digital Rup...

The Indian government has announced the upcoming launch of the country’s central bank digital currency. The digital rupee will be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the financial year 2022-23, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during her budget speech. RBI’s Digital Currency, the Digital Rupee, Coming Soon India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced Tuesday while presenting the federal budget 2022 in Parliament that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the new financial....


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