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Reinventing the Rupee: How India’s digital currency revolution is taking shape

The CBDC isn’t a feature. It’s a new logic embedded in money. And when logic changes at the base layer, everything upstream — including value chains — changes with it.

July 27, 2025 / 16:02 IST
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Inside India’s digital currency revolution

We rarely recognise turning points in history while we’re living through them — especially in finance, where the biggest structural changes don't come with breaking headlines, but with behavioural rewiring. Today, we are standing at such a juncture. It doesn’t look disruptive on the surface. In fact, it feels like steady progress. But make no mistake — we are witnessing a complete redefinition of money itself.

A new form of value is quietly entering the Indian wallet. It’s coded, sovereign, and programmable. This shift isn’t just about convenience. It’s about control. And in this journey, India is not merely catching up — it’s laying the rails for the next monetary era.

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UPI: digital life, not just payments 

Back in FY20, UPI recorded 1,252 crore transactions. By FY25, that number had surged to 18,587 crore, with the total transaction value exceeding Rs 260 lakh crore.