🚀 India is on a mission to make cross-border payments as fast as a Bollywood dance number! The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expanding its instant settlement platform, eyeing new partners in Asia and the Middle East, including the UAE. While India's CBDC is currently a bank-to-bank affair, there's chatter about retail expansion. With 5 million users already grooving to the digital rupee beat, RBI is also working on offline solutions for areas with spotty internet. Critics may grumble, but India's CBDC journey is anything but dull!