Jammu, June 15 -- As the world rewrites the rules of money, India is not just at the table; with the digital rupee, it's actively drafting the first lines, writes Virat Singh
For millennia, money has told the story of human progress-an ever-evolving symbol of trust. From crude barter to glittering gold, from paper notes to plastic cards, and now, to digital code-our transactions have transformed alongside our civilisations. Picture a fisherman swapping his catch for a clay pot. Clunky, constrained, and painfully local. Then came shells, salt, and silver-tokens of trust with built-in value. Paper money, pioneered by the Chinese, took a bold leap: value no longer resided in the material but in collective belief, managed by a central power.
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