‘False and baseless’: Authorities dismisses experiences on temple gold monetisation scheme
The federal government on Tuesday issued a clarification rejecting claims that the Centre is planning to carry temple gold holdings beneath any proposed gold bond or monetisation scheme.
The clarification by the finance ministry got here after a number of media experiences and social media posts prompt that gold reserves held by temple trusts and non secular establishments throughout the nation might be introduced right into a government-backed scheme. In accordance with the ministry, these claims are incorrect and don’t have any factual foundation.
In an official assertion, the finance ministry mentioned no proposal has been authorised to concern gold bonds to temples in trade for gold held by non secular our bodies.
The ministry additionally addressed one other declare circulating on-line concerning gold utilized in temple constructions. It denied experiences suggesting that gold plates positioned on temple towers, doorways or different elements of temples could be categorised as a part of the nation’s strategic gold reserves.
The Ministry of Finance, in a put up on X mentioned, “Hypothesis and rumours suggesting that the Authorities is planning to introduce monetisation scheme for Gold held by temple trusts, or any non secular establishment, throughout the nation are fully false, deceptive and with none foundation.”
It additional mentioned, “Claims suggesting that gold plates on temple towers, doorways, or different temple constructions might be thought-about as ‘Strategic Gold Reserves of India’ are false, deceptive, and completely baseless.”
Authorities urges public to not share unverified claims
The federal government urged individuals to not flow into unverified data associated to coverage issues, saying such rumours can create pointless confusion among the many public.
It additionally acknowledged that any official choice associated to authorities schemes or coverage adjustments could be communicated solely via authorised channels, together with official press releases and authorities web sites.
