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.

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

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

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

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

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

With e-rupee acceptance, will retailers start accepting crypto payments next?