Friday, January 11, 2013

How to stop the gold rush

.......RBI talks of gold deposits, accumulation and pension schemes. Will people really come forward and deposit their gold and take it back after say 5 or 10 years? If it is held for security or vanity, then this will not happen. Also, most gold held by households could be in the form of jewellery and not coins especially in rural areas, which makes such a scheme a non-starter as the individual would expect the same to be returned at the end of the tenure. If the idea is to churn this gold for meeting further demand, then the scheme may not work. ................

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