RBI LAUNCHED CBDC ON 01 DEC AS A PILOT IN FOUR INDIAN CITIES.
WHAT IS CBDC - To those not well versed with digital currency technology, cryptocurrency and CBDC might seem tobe one and the same thing . But they aren’t.
1. The RBI had mentioned earlier that “CBDC is the legal tender issued by a central bank in a digital form. It is the same as a fiat currency and is exchangeable one-to-one with the fiat currency. Only its form is different.” In effect, the retail e-rupee will be an electronic version of cash, and will be primarily meant for retail transactions. It will be potentially available for use by all — the private sector, non-financial consumers and businesses — and will be able to provide access to safe money for payment and settlement, as it will be the direct liability