This Diwali, customers can avail 7 per cent discount on purchase of gold coins from India Post outlets across India, according to an announcement by the World Gold Council in partnership with India Post and Reliance Money Infrastructure Ltd.
Starting this Tuesday until December 31, 2012, customers can buy 99.9 per cent pure, Swiss-manufactured 24-carat gold coins in denominations of half a gram, one gram, five gram, eight gram, 10 gram, 20 gram and 50 gram from 1,120 identified India Post outlets across the country.
Amresh Acharya, Director, Investment, World Gold Council, said, “Gold is a time tested asset class with a strong socio-cultural appeal. It has been our goal to make pure 24-carat gold available to all segments of society – especially during the festival periods considered auspicious for buying gold.”