RBI launched CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) on 1st December
What’s CBDC?
Is it like UPI?
Is it like Crypto?
What are the benefits, and how does it work?
Digital Currencies like the RBI CBDC is a digital form of a country's currency
So.. what RBI has launched yesterday is digital of our RUPEE
Central Bank Digital Currency symbol will be e₹ or e-rupee.
The E-Rupee by RBI represents legal
tender like your Bank Notes and unlike Cryptos this digital rupee is in the
same denomination as your paper rupee and coins (
This digital
money shall also have RBI Governor's signature just how a currency note does
today.
Crypto has no issuer as such whereas
E-Rupee is issued by the RBI
Digital Currency, that is the CBDC is NOT
a new currency but just a digital representation of the Rupee.
Digital Rupee was launched by RBI as an
effective alternative to CASH and not just Crypto.
This Digital Rupee will use Block
Chain Distributed Ledge Technology
On the 1st day, that is 1st of December, Rs.211
crores ($26 million) of bonds were traded using the e-rupee
HOW CAN I USE THIS E-RUPEE AND FROM
WHEN?
First, you will have to open a DIGITAL WALLET ACCOUNT WITH THE RBI (via your Bank) using your Aadhar Number.
Once you register successfully on the app, you will be assigned a digital wallet with a unique ID. You can then load the wallet by transferring money from your bank account
Next, you ask your Bank to transfer money from your Bank account to the e-Rupee
Account. You will have to choose the denominations too (same denominations as the current paper notes and coins) 
Next, start using! Use it to make
payments, and pay electricity bills exactly as you use your Physical Paper Currency
Note.
For now. what has been launched by the
RBI is a "pilot project" and is restricted to 4 cities and
just 4 banks.
Gradually this will be expanded after
fixing any glitches that could be seen and will make available to the layman
like you and me
IF THIS WORKS LIKE PAYTM, GOOGLE PAY, WHY SHOULD I USE e-RUPEE. WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE?
Good question.
Just like your Paytm, Google Pay, Bhim
UPI, you can make payments using the E-Rupee to merchants using QR codes and
even Person to Person
All payment apps like Paytm, Google Pay, etc need to have a backup in the form of a Bank Account (that is your money should be there in the bank if you want to make a payment) but ….
in CBDC you have a Digital Wallet which could have money taken from your different banks (ex.. Axis Bank, Yes Bank, SBI) all into 1 single Digital Wallet.
So for example, suppose I take Rs.100 from Axis, 100 from Yes, and 100 from SBI and use this Rs.300 to spend/pay on anything I want. No intimation to Bank will go and thus the Bank is completely eliminated when I am using Digital Wallet (CBDC)
E-Rupee
CBDC actually ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR a BANK ACCOUNT! (This could be a game changer
and could even gradually kill the banking industry over a period of time)
So, a Bank Account is mandatory for
you to use the payment apps like Google Pay, and Bhim UPI, but for the CBDC e-Rupee
Bank is NOT required.
What you need is a CBDC Digital Account and here no Bank is involved
This will help foreign tourists in shopping without much cash in hand since they don't have bank accounts in India, UPI was still not used by them, but now they can use CBDC
Thats why you would have noticed that sometimes your UPI payment fails but with DIGITAL E-Rupee the failure chances are NIL as you are actually giving money yourself without relying on your bank (it's like giving cash to the opposite person)
MOST IMPORTANT :
Since CBDC Digital Currency e-Rupee is universal and not a payment app, it will be accepted EVERYWHERE (at all merchant shops) and no shops/seller will give the excuse of "I dont have Paytm...I dont have Phonepe..give me cash" !!!
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Just like UPI (Bhim UPI, Google Pay,
Paytm) the E-Rupee also lets you transfer money instantly without needing the
other person's bank details
Users will be able to transact via an E-wallet offered by Banks via mobiles and devices
Person to Person (P2P), Person to
Business (P2B), via the QR codes
e-Rupee has the same benefits as the
daily cash that we use
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MOST IMPORTANT:
When we keep our money in Bank, say a
huge amount like Rs.1 crore and the Bank goes bust, unless it's an FD, your money
is completely gone!
Even in a FD, only Rs.5 lakhs is
guaranteed by the RBI
but when you keep money in the CBDC e-Rupee your entire amount of Rs.1 crore is
GUARANTEED to stay as the CBDC e-Rupee account is with the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
and not with any Bank. Yes… CBDC e-Rupee is managed by the Baap of all Banks, that’s
the RBI, and its as safe as your money can get!
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CRYPTO V/S CBDC e-RUPEE
Crypto is not represented by any
underlying asset
Whereas the e-Rupee is represented by the
RBI
Cryptos are a form of digital assets and NOT a form of payment.
Crypto is volatile and keeps going up or down
CBDC is definitely a safer alternative
to Crypto as it's backed by Sovereign and the launch of CBDC by all central
banks could even eventually kill the popular cryptos like Bitcoin.
And yes, your e-Rupee can be exchanged
with the actual paper Rupee!
Unlike Cryptos (Bitcoin, etc) whose
value is volatile, the CBDC by RBI will have a FIXED equal to the Indian Rupee
and moreover backed by the Central Bank and is thus a Risk-Free proposition
Thus, CBDC like our e-Rupee has all the advantages of crypto with the additional greatest advantage of being backed by the Government.
TAXATION:
All cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin,
Ethereum, Litecoin, etc., is taxed heavily including TDS
Only RBI’s digital rupee will be free
from tax regulations.
INTEREST:
No. You will NOT get any interest for
keeping your money in the form of an E-Rupee. So, even if you keep 1 crore...it
will continue to be Rs.1 crore even after a period of time (say 1 year) as the
E-Rupee will NOT generate interest on the amount kept idle
(this may change later by RBI but for now, this is the rule)
Will the e-Rupee become popular?
Because the e-Rupee is backed by the
RBI, the government is sure to make this popular, and thus we will be seeing
more and more of the e-Rupee in the coming months and years
6500 crores spent
by RBI to print which is definitely a massive waste
The growth of the e-Rupee will eliminate
this cost and a huge saving for the RBI and the Government
And of course, the e-Rupee will
eliminate the counterfeiting
Demonetisation did not kill cash but the e-Rupee could well do it!!
All the best,
Regards,
Srikanth Matrubai
https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAELl4KUnaJzi-JJlDg/
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