India Has No Plans to Recognize Bitcoin As Currency; RBI Working On CBDC Rollout: Reports

India Has No Plans to Recognize Bitcoin As Currency; RBI Working On CBDC Rollout: Reports
The Indian government does not plan to recognize bitcoin as a currency, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.During a question and answer session in the parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman also said that the government does not collect data on bitcoin transactions, according to a report from local news site Mint.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is also working on the phased implementation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the ministry of finance said, according to a report from the Economic Times (ET) on Monday. The central bank was reportedly planning to pilot test a CBDC in 2022.The RBI has…