RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch pass a resolution demanding that the central government completely ban buying, selling, investing and otherwise dealing in cryptocurrencies by any person in the country.
The law relating to issuing of digital currency by the Reserve Bank of India should be frame “quickly” and the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) considered as legal tender, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) said in its fifteenth national meet.
The national meet had start on 24th December 2021.
Ashwani Mahajan, outfit’s co-convenor Said to PTI :
“The resolution was passed by the 15th Rashtriya Sabha of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, which conclude in Gwalior today,”.
“The government should out rightly ban buying, selling, investing and otherwise dealing in cryptocurrencies by any person resident in India,”.
It also said that people holding cryptocurrencies can be allow to sell or exchange the same within a short span of time, subject to provision of submitting information to the Income Tax department.
As per Resolution :
“Disobeying the ban should make person or entity liable to financial penalty,”.
The resolution pass at the SJM national meet argue that giving recognition to cryptocurrencies could lead to heavy speculation and adversely impact the financial market.
As per Resolution :
“Recognition may also result in money laundering and terror financing as well as capital account convertibility from the back door,”.
The Union ministries of consumer affairs and corporate affairs should roll out an “aggressive” consumer awareness campaign, after banning cryptocurrencies, to advise people not to fall prey to “deceptive advertisements” being circulate by the “so called cryptocurrencies’ exchanges”, especially in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, the SJM said in its resolution.
As per Resolution :
“The law relating to issuance of digital currency by the Reserve Bank of India should be framed quickly. The CBDC should be consider as legal tender,”,
“Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc should not be recognise as asset or digital asset because it will indirectly become medium of exchange like currency.”
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