Gold import duty hike to raise retail jewellery prices and smuggling
Overall taxes on gold now rise sharply from 14% to around 18.45%.
Overall taxes on gold now rise sharply from 14% to around 18.45%.
After a steady fall since June 16 following the U.S. Fed meet, gold prices have begun another trek. This time, thanks to the Basel-lll rules that reclassified gold to a tier 1 zero-risk weight.
The big question is how much more foreign exchange will the Reserve Bank of India buy, and why?
Financial and geopolitical uncertainty along with low interest rates worldwide, however, will boost demand for gold, says WGC report.