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Jewellery industry body All India Jewellers & Goldsmith Federation (AIJGF) on Monday urged the government to focus on domestic gold mobilisation and recycling instead of discouraging gold purchases, warning that any sharp fall in demand could hurt livelihoods linked to the sector, PTI reported.The federation’s comments came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed…
Vijay Varma has earned acclaim for complex grey roles in projects like ‘Darlings’, ‘Dahaad’, and ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’. Varma has now opened up about the early struggles in his acting career. The versatile actor revealed how Bollywood typecast him in small supporting roles despite a prestigious Cannes premiere.In a recent interview, he spoke…
A digitisation loophole enabled officials and agents in Rajasthan RTOs to revive prized vintage numbers, transfer them to new vehicles, and forge records, triggering a statewide fraud probeTwo years ago, Shankar Sisodia (name changed) did what thousands of car owners in Jaipur do without thinking twice: he hired an agent to renew a registration certificate…
The finance ministry is working with the Reserve Bank of India to develop a unified portal that will allow citizens to search and claim unclaimed assets across bank deposits, pension funds, shares, dividends and other financial instruments, Department of Financial Services (DFS) Secretary M Nagaraju said on Thursday.Speaking at a Punjab National Bank mega camp…
Representative image (Picture c Afghanistan has approached India with an offer to reopen and develop its long-idle mining sites, hoping to draw investment and create jobs, but Indian industry leaders say the sector requires careful groundwork before any decisions can be made. After a meeting with an Afghan delegation, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry…
Gold prices have been breaking records this year, and wealthy investors and family offices are now looking for ways to earn returns on their bullion. Instead of keeping gold bars locked in vaults, more of them are leasing their metal to refiners, jewelers, and fabricators to earn interest — a major shift for an asset…
The vast wealth lying idle in lockers can be put to productive use through this scheme. Someone with 100 grams of gold can earn up to Rs 25,000 a year on the investment. (AI image) Gold has often been derided as a dead investment that neither gives dividends nor earns income for the investor. But…
For most Indian households, gold represents safety — a store of value kept securely in lockers. But increasingly, more Indians are discovering how to make idle gold work through loans, monetisation schemes, leasing options, and even digital gold funds.According to a Morgan Stanley report, cited by ET, Indian households collectively hold 34,600 tonnes of gold,…
For most Indian households, gold represents safety — a store of value kept securely in lockers. But increasingly, more Indians are discovering how to make idle gold work through loans, monetisation schemes, leasing options, and even digital gold funds.According to a Morgan Stanley report, cited by ET, Indian households collectively hold 34,600 tonnes of gold,…
Nithin Kamath (File photo) Nithin Kamath, co-founder and CEO of Zerodha, talked about the persisting the gap between Indian households’ gold wealth and the equity funding needs of Indian businesses. According to World Gold Council data, Indian households hold gold worth approximately $3 trillion, much of which remains idle in storage, offering minimal contribution to…
