Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- The Reserve Bank of India is in no rush to open up the pilots for the central bank digital currency (CBDC) to the masses and is, instead, focussing on adding more use cases to the e-rupee with a focus on cross-border transactions, T. Rabi Sankar, deputy governor of the central bank, said on Tuesday.

"Right now, we are focussing on creating sufficient use cases, particularly programmable ones. The area we are focussing on is that a user, who doesn't need to understand any technology, should be able to attach a program to the CBDC and then use it," Sankar said on the sidelines of the Global Fintech Fest 2025.

Sankar cited a situation in which someone gives money to their child to buy books. "I should be able to attach th...