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    Indian Crypto user will ‘force’ policy shift

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    Indian Crypto user will ‘force’ policy shift

    A Crypto’s leading opinion leader in India said that the government would be unable to suppress the crypto as the demand for digital-asset increases.

    Talking about the co-ordinent at the Binenns Crypto-Powered Tour in Bhutan, Sujal Jethwani, a crypto teacher with a community of about 400,000 on social media, expressed optimism that the Indian political scenario would convert more people into crypto’s property.

    “If you look at the numbers, all the stock markets and foreign currency traders are going to the Crypto,” Jethwani told the Coinlagraph. “There is a big boom of crypto traders and investors in India right now. People are not going to leave it.”

    Jethwani said that he hoped that this demand would induct the Government of India to change its irregular and heavy tax approach to crypto.

    Indian Crypto user will ‘force’ policy shift
    Cointelegraph reporter Ezra Regore (left) with Sujal Jethwani (right) in Bhutan. Source: Cointelegraph

    India’s crypto landscape is a “suppressed spring”

    Jethwani compared India’s current crypto landscape to “suppressed spring”, stating that despite its restrictive rules and high taxes, traders fall into Crypto assets.

    “The Government of India tries to suppress the crypto through rigorous taxes and TDs,” Jethwani said, referring to 1% tax cut in the source (TDS), which Crypto supporters argue that trade activity has been stopped.

    The country’s Income Tax Act implements 30% flat on profits by selling virtual digital assets (VDAS). In addition, 1% TDS applies to all crypto transactions of more than $ 115. It is cut off from a seller or VDAS buyer.

    While India has not yet introduced a comprehensive regulatory framework for Crypto, Jethwani told the Coinlagraph that the pressure is increasing. He pointed to increasing political awareness, including a recent call for the Bitcoin Reserve Pilot.

    On 26 June, India’s ruling party’s national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari asked the country to consider starting its bitcoin reserve after the leadership of the United States. He also called for regulator clarity and said that the country was deployed to form a sovereign bitcoin strategy.

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    Progress may slow down, but users will “force” a change

    “The Government of India is going to take it soon or later. They have to do it,” Jethwani told the Coinlagraph. He also admitted that the country cannot work quickly. He said that on the basis of India’s history of adopting new technology, progress can be slow.

    Despite this, he said that the users “would force it.” “Finally, this is going to happen. The government will take it seriously, and we are going to receive a favorable rules,” Jethwani told the Cointelegraph.