Bitcoin joins rival politicians from India.
India every day gives more than talk about the theme of digital currency
bitcoin, and these months have not been the exception. Certain Indian
politicians are urging the government not to legalize Bitcoin. This is
happening at the same time that a series of reports say that the cryptocurrency
could be regulated in the country in the near future.
Many politicians raised concerns about the possible legalization of
Bitcoin by the government of India, announced at a meeting of the Standing
Parliamentary Finance Committee, according to a report in a large financial
news newspaper in India.
The Finance Ministry of India (FinMin) established an intergovernmental
committee to study and investigate the legal frameworks of digital currencies
around the world. The committee will finally recommend a course of action for
the future regulatory and legal of digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, in India.
The government has also invited citizens to comment and discuss virtual
currencies in a government portal. The proposition box has been open for a week
and closed yesterday, May 31.
Politicians, and also parliamentarians, said that Bitcoin "could
become a parallel money instrument for black money laundering and dubious
transactions, as well as a source of terrorist financing."
Nevertheless, Bitcoin achieved the feat of uniting to the politicians of
the opposition parties that have been related to each other by their disdain
towards the currency.
Kirit Somaiya, a member of the ruling party of India, demanded to know
the Prime Minister of India whether the virtual currency committee is
"properly reporting" on the crypt conversion flipside. Somaiya raised
the issue in the Indian Parliament in March, even qualifying Bitcoin as a
"pyramid scheme". In April, he clearly demanded that cryptography is declared illegal.
Dinesh Trivedi, a politician affiliated with Congress Party, the
traditional rival of BJP, stated during the meeting that "data is the new
oil and Bitcoin is the rescue financing platform." In particular,
parliamentarians also urged officials of the Ministry of Finance not to
legalize cryptography, according to the report. As is the case, Indian
authorities are planning a regulatory framework for cryptography, which
includes investor taxes.
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