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The wholesale CBDC, known as the Digital Rupee-Wholesale (e-W), was launched in November 2022 for the settlement of secondary market transactions in g

The pilot of the wholesale CBDC, known as the Digital Rupee-Wholesale (e-W), was launched on November 1, 2022, with the use case being limited to the settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to launch the pilot of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for interbank transactions by October.

"The RBI will introduce the wholesale CBDC in the call market either this month or next month," Choudhary said on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi. The introduction of CBDC was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and necessary amendments to the relevant section of the RBI Act, 1934, were made with the passage of the Finance Bill 2022.

The Reserve Bank is likely to launch the pilot of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for transactions for interbank borrowing or call money market by October, central bank Executive Director Ajay Kumar Choudhary said on Sunday. The pilot of the wholesale CBDC, known as the Digital