The cryptocurrency bill aim is to create an official digital currency issued by the Reserve Bank of India, and seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies operating in the country
Nearly 200 hours were to be spent cumulatively by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in 17 sittings during the just concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament. Of this, the Houses could run for just 49.35 hours and the remaining 150.72 hours were lost in disruption, as the government and the Opposition remained adamant on not meeting mid-way.