The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Virtual Currencies has submitted its Report along with draft Bill ‘Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019.’
It has officially banned and proposed fines for carrying on any activities connected with cryptocurrencies in India.
But it has also the government urged to consider announcing an “official digital currency”.
It highlighted the positive aspect of Distributed-Ledger Technology (DLT) commonly known as “blockchain technology”.
DLT has immense use in the financial services sector. Ex: loan-issuance tracking.