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RBI issues guidelines for GMS, banks can set interest rate

23 Oct 2015 Evaluate

Ahead of the formal launch of the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 5, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines for the scheme that allow banks to fix their own interest rates on gold deposits. As per the guidelines, banks will be free to set interest rate on such deposit, and principal and interest of the deposit will be denominated in gold. The interest will be credited in the deposit accounts on the respective due dates and will be withdrawable periodically or at maturity as per the terms of the deposit.

The GMS will replace the existing Gold Deposit Scheme, 1999. However, the deposits outstanding under the Gold Deposit Scheme will be allowed to run till maturity unless the depositors prematurely withdraw them. Resident Indians can make deposits under the scheme and the minimum deposit at any one time shall be raw gold (bars, coins, jewellery excluding stones and other metals) equivalent to 30 grams of gold of 995 fineness. The deposit certificates will be issued by banks in equivalence of 995 fineness of gold and the principal and interest of the deposit under the scheme will be denominated in gold.

As per the guidelines, the designated banks may sell or lend the gold accepted under STBD to MMTC for minting India Gold Coins (IGC) and to jewellers, or sell it to other designated banks participating in GMS. The gold deposited under MLTGD will be auctioned by MMTC or any other agency authorised by the Central Government and the sale proceeds credited to the Central Government’s account with the Reserve Bank.

RBI has also guided that the short term bank deposits will attract applicable cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR). However, it said, the stock of gold mobilised under the scheme by banks will count towards the general SLR requirement

The government announced the gold monetization scheme on 15 September to mobilize gold held by households and institutions and facilitate its use for productive purposes. The gold deposit scheme is aimed at mobilising a part of an estimated 20,000 tonnes of idle precious metal with households and institutions.


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