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Comments/Suggestions Invited for the Existing Virtual Currencies Framework

Comments/Suggestions Invited for the Existing Virtual Currencies Framework
Start Date :
May 20, 2017
Last Date :
Jun 01, 2017
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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The circulation of Virtual Currencies which are also known as Digital/Crypto Currencies has been a cause of concern. This has been expressed in various fora from time to time. ...

The circulation of Virtual Currencies which are also known as Digital/Crypto Currencies has been a cause of concern. This has been expressed in various fora from time to time. Reserve Bank of India had also cautioned the user’s, holders and traders of Virtual currencies (VCs), including Bitcoins, about the potential financial, operational, legal, customer protection and security related risks that they are exposing themselves to vide it’s press releases dated 24th December, 2013 and 1st February, 2017.

In order to examine the existing framework, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has constituted an Inter- Disciplinary Committee chaired by Special Secretary (Economic Affairs) and representatives from Department of Economic Affairs, Department of Financial Services, Department of Revenue (CBDT), Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Reserve Bank of India, NITI Aayog and State Bank of India on 15th March, 2017.

The Committee will (i) take stock of the present status of Virtual Currencies both in India and globally; (ii) examine the existing global regulatory and legal structures governing Virtual Currencies; (iii) suggest measures for dealing with such Virtual Currencies including issues relating to consumer protection, money laundering, etc; and (iv) examine any other matter related to Virtual Currencies which may be relevant.

Comments/suggestions from the members of public are requested on the following questions by 31st May, 2017 on the website: MyGov.in.

a) Whether Virtual Currencies (VCs) should be banned, regulated or observed?

b) In case VCs are suggested to be regulated:

i). What measures should be taken to ensure consumer protection?
ii). What measures should be taken to promote orderly development of VCs.
iii). Which appropriate institution(s) should monitor/ regulate the VCs?

c). In case VCs are not suggested to be regulated:

i). What should be the effective self-regulatory mechanism?
ii). What measures should be adopted to ensure consumer protection in this scenario?

It is requested that the comments may be supplemented by rationale and brief.

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Dinesh Singh_211
Dinesh Singh 7 years 7 months ago

Obviously regulat. Ab tak humari traditional currency se itna curruption hua he.....Digital currency kafi hadd tak usse rok skti he future me.

Utkarsh Sinha_8
Utkarsh Sinha 7 years 7 months ago

Given the present industry maturity, the regulator should explicitly take a view on their legality, permitting their use for legally permissibly and verifiable transactions, without outright regulation. Instead, an Self Regulatory Organization (SRO) - similar to the Payments Council of India for Payments Industry - would work best as a sunset move, ensuring risk management, consumer protection and industry growth, along with regulatory learning for regulation/alternate approach at a later point

yash mori
yash mori 7 years 7 months ago

we need to observe its use first because according to a research illegal transactions are happening through bitcoin . if we legalize BTC then all our system will get infected with blackmoney again.
builders will use BTC and can transfer money in any where in india without paying anykind of tax.

all our efforts of demonetization will get wasted.
so its not the real time to legalize BTC , we can wait for some time and observe its usage.

Purnendu Kishore Bera
Purnendu Kishore Bera 7 years 7 months ago

Namaste SirBitcoin kisi bhi saksiyat ke liye ek bahut jyada kamaayi kuchh mahine main karne ka jeriya ban chuka hai.I sliye ise generate kerne main isko rokna nahin chahiye. Iski use kisi bhi transaction ke liye ban kerna chahiye.ise generate ker humaare desh ki currency main conversion kerne main humain balki madad karni chaahiye.Haan aage chalker ismain aap Taxation bhi impliment ker sakte hain is currency ko Jama kerne walon per jaise ki aap unki kuchh limitaionho

DILIP JINDAL
DILIP JINDAL 7 years 7 months ago

Dilip Jindal
I support use of virtual currency Bitcoin.It is related with internet.like Japan in India also it should be legalised.

Mohammed Gous
Mohammed Gous 7 years 7 months ago

Without Bitcoin Digital India mission is impossible.....America, Japan, and many other countries allow bitcoin so why not India

Utkarsh Sinha_8
Utkarsh Sinha 7 years 7 months ago

Given the present industry maturity, the regulator should explicitly take a view on their legality, permitting their use for legally permissibly and verifiable transactions, without outright regulation. Instead, an Self Regulatory Organization (SRO) - similar to the Payments Council of India for Payments Industry - would work best as a sunset move, which would provide the regulatory learning, and the opportunity for industry growth to consider full regulation or an alternate approach later.

Harsh Patel_26
Harsh Patel_26 7 years 7 months ago

The base technology used in crypto currencies itself acts like a ledger which stores value for transfer and the notional tokens within the system. Hence it becomes a complex system to control. In order to control such a system initially smaller controls on business which enable crptocurrencies is right option but in long run to counter crypto currencies a complex system of it's equivalence is required to regulate it out.