Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Gold imports up 10.5% in May

The gold imports grew 78.33 per cent to $3.13 billion in April 2015

Gold imports increased 10.47 per cent to $2.42 billion in May from $2.19 billion in the same month of 2014.

The gold imports grew 78.33 per cent to $3.13 billion in April 2015. In November last year, RBI had cancelled the 80:20 scheme.

The current account deficit (CAD) in the first half of last fiscal declined to 1.9 per cent of GDP ($18 billion) from 3.1 per cent ($27 billion) in the same period of the previous year.

India is one of the largest importers of gold, which mainly caters to the demand of the jewellery industry. 

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