Saturday, September 22, 2012

Gold loans won’t lose their shine despite RBI imposing strict lending rules

......After the Reserve Bank's new rule, NBFCs changed the way gold is valued to include making charges and also tax. This is how it used to work: if the gold content in a piece of jewellery is valued at Rs 100, a loan of Rs 70 was typically possible. Now, to the Rs 100 are added making charges (say, about Rs 10) and the VAT (12%). So, the loan is given on the replacement cost of the jewellery — Rs 123 (Rs 100 + Rs 10 + Rs 13). And 60% of Rs 123 is greater than 70% of Rs 100; so the new norm doesn't look bad......

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