Indian Fruit Vendor Accepts Digital Rupee, What’s Next?

January 27, 2023 Story: Divya Sinha

Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Mahindra Group has shared a video on Twitter which showed a fruit vendor using RBI’s digital currency.

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He wrote in his tweet that he learned about the RBI’s digital currency “e-rupee” at the central bank’s board meeting.

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Anand Mahindra’s tweet detailed that the fruit vendor named Bachche Lal Sahani is one of the first merchants to accept it.

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The video has gained huge popularity and has so far received more than 845k views.

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At the end of the video, it can be heard that “Digital rupees of 200 successfully received.”

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In December 2022, the RBI launched the Central Bank Digital Currency i.e e-rupee.

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