The transactions of retail digital rupee will be carried out through a digital wallet on mobile phones and other devices.
Indian Official Own Cryptocurrency.
Four cities– Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar will be covered for pilot project.
First Four Cities Allowed in project.
later it would be extended to Ahmedabad, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Lucknow, Patna and Shimla.
More Cities will be in second phase operation.
Customers and merchants in the CUG in these cities will be able to use the e-rupee or digital rupee.
SBI, ICICI, Yes, IDBI First Bank are first to Operate.
Four more banks BOB, Union Bank of India, HDFC and Kotak Bank will join in second phase project,
More Banks Joins.
Digital Rupee or e-Rupee is the digital version
The retail digital currency will be distributed through banks. Transactions in digital currency can be carried out between person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M).