PM Modi to take final call with regard to Crypto-currency regulatory framework

 


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take a final judgment on the regulatory framework for crypto-currencies amid conflicting views among stakeholders, two persons conversant in the event said. A high-level meeting was persisted Thursday to think about all the choices as also stakeholder views including the concerns voiced by the Federal Reserve Bank of India.

The options include an entire ban on private crypto-currencies, a partial ban, allowing all categories of crypto products with regulation,.

Draft Bill could Undergo Some Changes

The finance ministry has finalized a draft note on the proposed bill, but sections within the government felt more detailed discussions were needed on the principles underlying the bill and on the broad details of the treatment of virtual currencies by India, the person said. Discussions are likely to be specialized in various options and pros and cons of adopting them. "PM will now take a final call on these," the person said.

The draft bill could undergo some changes after these deliberations at the very best level.

The Bill was earlier listed within the last budget session also but couldn't be introduced because the government decided to transform it.

The proposed bill also seeks to make a facilitative framework for the creation of a politician's digital currency to be issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. It aims to ban private crypto-currencies in India while allowing certain exceptions to market the underlying technology.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Rajya Sabha last week that the government will bring the Bill to Parliament after the cabinet clears it.

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