The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has accelerated the repatriation of its gold holdings from overseas, bringing back nearly 64 tons of gold in the first six months of the financial year beginning April 2025. This move has significantly increased the share of gold reserves held domestically.<\/p>\n
According to the RBI\u2019s half-yearly report on foreign exchange reserves, India\u2019s central bank now holds more than 65% of its gold reserves within the country, almost double the share from four years ago.<\/p>\n
As of September-end 2025, the RBI\u2019s total gold holdings stood at 880 tons, out of which 576 tons are stored domestically\u2014the highest ever. By comparison, gold held locally accounted for just 38% of the total reserves in September 2022.<\/p>\n
Also Read<\/strong>: boAt\u2019s Parent Imagine Marketing Gets SEBI Nod for \u20b91,500 Crore IPO<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n In value terms, gold accounted for 13.92% of India\u2019s total foreign exchange reserves at the end of September, up from 11.70% in March. The RBI typically keeps part of its gold overseas, primarily at the Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).<\/p>\n The recent repatriation reflects a shift toward keeping a greater portion of the country\u2019s bullion within domestic vaults.<\/p>\n Over the last four years, the RBI has brought back nearly 280 tons of gold from foreign locations. While the central bank did not specify reasons for the latest repatriation, the move comes amid global concerns over the security of foreign-held reserves, especially after the freezing of Russia\u2019s gold and foreign exchange assets by Western nations in 2022.<\/p>\n The RBI\u2019s approach indicates a continued effort to diversify and safeguard India\u2019s reserve assets.<\/p>\n Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently commented that the central bank was taking a \u201cvery considered decision\u201d regarding its gold reserve management strategy and diversification efforts.<\/p>\n The RBI\u2019s report did not detail any plans but emphasized the growing importance of domestic storage in India\u2019s reserve composition.<\/p>\n Click here to explore:<\/strong><\/em> The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has accelerated the repatriation of its gold holdings from overseas, bringing back nearly 64 tons of gold in the first six months of the financial year beginning April 2025. This move has significantly increased the share of gold reserves held domestically. Over 65% of Gold Now Held in India […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1386],"class_list":{"0":"post-16339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance-and-economy-news"}," _eael_post_view_count":0,"authors":[{"term_id":1386,"user_id":10,"is_guest":0,"slug":"ruchikadave","display_name":"Ruchika Dave","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ruchika-Dave.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ruchika-Dave.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16340,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions\/16340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16339"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Gold\u2019s Share in Total Reserves Rises<\/h2>\n
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