India has decided to completely ban the possession, sale and purchase of Bitcoin or any other form of crypto-currency.
According to the mainstream media, the measures will be implemented this month, with a 90-day waiting period. Anyone who don't "dispose off" their crypto holding within this time period will be charged with non-bailable criminal offenses, which can be punished by up to 10 years in jail.
What makes this measure different from others is that while countries such as Nepal and Bangladesh have arrested random individuals for trading in cryptocurrency (or for exchanging crypto for fiat), none of the authorities anywhere in the world have arrested users just for the possession of crypto-currency.
There are an estimated 100,000 crypto-traders in India, and there are another 5,000,000 individuals who have dealt with crypto at some point of time.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. This is a proposed bill - it has not been put into law just yet. If it becomes law, it will be a global embarrassment, because it will keep India behind economically.