The research reportedly highlights that the next 100 million customers are likely to have a vastly different profile and expectations than those currently in place
The pilot project is planned to be initially rolled out at 19 locations in 12 cities across the country in places like railway stations, shopping malls, market places
The former RBI governor also said that, however, the situation may change going forward as India is already the world's fifth largest economy, it is growing and has the potential to keep expanding
The central bank defines CBDC as a legal tender in a digital form issued by it. It is the same as a sovereign currency and is exchangeable at 1:1 par with fiat currency
The RBI data reportedly revealed that PSBs estimated at 62% of the deposits of the scheduled commercial banks, while on the other hand on loans, they held 58% market share
As per reports, an out-of-turn meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the RBI was held in early November to bat around the report to be sent to the central government for failing to maintain the inflation mandate
Also, RBI has plans to expand the scope of Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) to include all categories of payments and collections, both recurring and non-recurring in nature
The apex bank maintained its 6.7 percent inflation forecast for the current fiscal year ending March while saying that the battle against inflation is not over yet