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Issuance of calendar for Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22

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..... Issuance of calendar for Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22
News and Press Release
Dated:- 21-10-2021

The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds. The Sovereign Gold Bonds will be issued in fourtranches from October 2021 to March 2022 as per the calendar specified below: S. No. Tranche Date of Subscription Dat .....

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..... e of Issuance 1 2021-22 Series VII October 25 - 29, 2021 November 02, 2021 2 2021-22 Series VIII November 29- December 03, 2021 December 07, 2021 3 2021-22 Series IX January 10-14, 2022 January 18, 2022 4 2021-22 Series X February 28- March 04, 2022 March 08, 2022 The Bonds will be sold through Scheduled Commercial banks(except Small Finance Banks and Payment Banks), Stock Holding .....

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..... Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL),Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL),designated post offices, and recognised stock exchanges viz., National Stock Exchange of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.The features of the Bond are as under: Sl. No. Item Details 1 Product name Sovereign Gold Bond 2021-22 2 Issuance To be issued by Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Go .....

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..... vernment of India. 3 Eligibility The Bonds will be restricted for sale to resident individuals, HUFs, Trusts, Universities and Charitable Institutions. 4 Denomination The Bonds will be denominated in multiples of gram(s) of gold with a basic unit of 1 gram. 5 Tenor The tenor of the Bond will be for a period of 8 years with exit option after5thyear to be exercised on the next interest paym .....

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..... ent dates. 6 Minimum size Minimum permissible investment will be 1 gram of gold. 7 Maximum limit The maximum limit of subscription shall be 4 KG for individual, 4 Kg for HUF and 20 Kg for trusts and similar entities per fiscal (April-March) notified by the Government from time to time. A self-declaration to this effect will be obtained. The annual ceiling will include bonds subscribed under .....

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..... different tranches during initial issuance by Government and those purchased from the Secondary Market. 8 Joint holder In case of joint holding, the investment limit of 4 KG will be applied to the first applicant only. 9 Issue price Price of Bond will be fixed in Indian Rupees on the basis of simple average of closing price of gold of 999 purity, published by the India Bullion and Jewellers .....

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..... Association Limited for the last 3 working days of the week preceding the subscription period. The issue price of the Gold Bonds will be ₹ 50 per gram less for those who subscribe online and pay through digital mode. 10 Payment option Payment for the Bonds will be through cash payment (upto a maximum of ₹ 20,000) or demand draft or cheque or electronic banking. 11 Issuance form T .....

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..... he Gold Bonds will be issued as Government of India Stock under GS Act, 2006. The investors will be issued a Holding Certificate for the same. The Bonds are eligible for conversion into demat form. 12 Redemption price The redemption price will be in Indian Rupees based on simple average of closing price of gold of 999purity,of previous 3 working days published by IBJA Ltd. 13 Sales channel B .....

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..... onds will be sold through Scheduled Commercial banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), designated post offices (as may be notified), recognised stock exchanges viz., National Stock Exchange of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange and Clearing corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) either directly or through agents. 14 Interest rate The investors will be compensated at a fixed ra .....

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..... te of 2.50 percent per annum payable semi-annually on the nominal value. 15 Collateral Bonds can be used as collateral for loans. The loan-to-value (LTV) ratio is to be set equal to ordinary gold loan mandated by the Reserve Bank from time to time. 16 KYC documentation Know-your-customer (KYC) norms will be the same as that for purchase of physical gold. KYC documents such as Voter ID, Aadha .....

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..... ar card/PAN or TAN /Passport will be required.Every application must be accompanied by the 'PAN Number' issued by the Income Tax Department to individuals and other entities. 17 Tax treatment The interest on Gold Bonds shall be taxable as per the provision of Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961). The capital gains tax arising on redemption of SGB to an individual has been exempted. The indexation .....

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..... benefits will be provided to long term capital gains arising to any person on transfer of bond. 18 Tradability Bonds will be tradable on stock exchanges. 19 SLR eligibility Bonds acquired by the banks through the process of invoking lien/hypothecation/pledge alone, shall be counted towards Statutory Liquidity Ratio. 20 Commission Commission for distribution of the bond shall be paid at th .....

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..... e rate of 1% of the total subscription received by the receiving offices and receiving offices shall share at least 50% of the commission so received with the agents or sub agents for the business procured through them.
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