By holding gold people won't get rich. They can be assured they won't go poor either but gold is for a kind of people which will not by any mean like/transact cryptocurrencies. Are two completely different worlds and shouldn't be compared
The Indian Finance Ministry on Thursday
made bitcoin illegal and announced an upcoming ban.
The government does not consider cryptocurrencies as legal tender or coin and (will) take all measures to eliminate the use of crypto assets, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.
https://www.rt.com/business