Govt to soon launch third tranche of gold bond scheme

04 Mar 2016 Evaluate

After raising nearly Rs 1,050 crore in the first two tranches, the government will shortly be launching the third tranche of sovereign gold bond for the current fiscal. Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das without disclosing the amount government is expecting to raise said that the government will do maximum publicity and advertising for the same.

In the first tranche of gold bond scheme which was launched in November 2015 the government got subscription for 915.95 kg of gold worth Rs 246 crore. Further in January it came out with the second tranche and received subscription for 3,071 kg gold amounting to Rs 798 crore.

To discourage investors from physical gold, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on November 5 launched gold schemes. The gold bonds are issued in denominations of 5 grams, 10 grams, 50 grams and 100 grams for a term of 5-7 years with a rate of interest to be calculated on the value of the metal at the time of investments. The Gold Bond Scheme will have an annual cap of 500 grams per person.

Budget 2016-17 has proposed redemption of sovereign gold bonds by an individual exempt from capital gains tax.  Further it also provided that long-term capital gains arising to any person on transfer of sovereign gold bonds shall be eligible for indexation benefits. In April-December of the current fiscals, gold imports rose to $26.45 billion, from $25.85 billion in the same period last year. During April-January, gold imports increased to $29.36 billion as against $27.42 billion in the first 10 months of 2014-15.

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