I am an Indian resident and many of the users who have commented here also come from India. We are worried since our livelihood is under threat. Almost one-third of my monthly income comes in the form of cryptocurrency and if that is taken away then I will be in a very bad financial state. And there are millions like me in India who earn passive income in the form of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. For us, this is no laughing matter. It is a matter of life and death.
So sorry for that sad news and sad situation you are been with mate. As some of us also, are being worried with your livelihood as well because i do rely here in cryptocurrency to survive the needs of our family since pandemic. I bet, no one meant to laugh with the current situation that your country looks serious about banning cryptocurrency. But we do also respect laws that you're country have, we do only hope that this might not be too harsh on the side of crypto user.
If there is a total ban this means that they are going to remove the internet service and I do not think that is viable for India, the fact that they ban Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies does not mean that they can break those bans, perhaps with VPN, and other tools not possible?
I do not know if Localbitcoins.com or another Exchange is established in India that can make the handling of cryptocurrencies possible, but there are other solutions, there are groups where they exchange some cryptocurrencies and they do it through local currency, with an intermediary and they are options that can establish in India. Now with these restrictions by the government, does the government manage or monitor those who exchange through the network? They have NOT tested with coins that are privacy and give some anonymity? Like Monero, Zcash, any of those? I think the crux of all this is that they can never give their data, so the government doesn't follow up on them.