Will govt discontinue the sovereign gold bond scheme?: If you are an investor, here’s when you can redeem your SGBs in 2025
Last Update Date: 06-10-2026
Published by Bhaskar English
Abhishek Kumar's role: Quoted
Abhishek Kumar said the Finance Minister's post-budget remarks pointed to no fresh SGB issues, linking this to higher government borrowing costs as gold prices rose. He said investors would now need other financial routes to hold gold in their portfolios.
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The article looks at signals from the Finance Minister after Budget 2025 that the government may stop issuing new sovereign gold bonds. It traces the scheme's history since 2015, the drop in allocations and the lack of fresh tranches, and explains premature redemption windows, how to apply and the tax treatment of early sale.
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Will govt discontinue the sovereign gold bond scheme?: If you are an investor, here’s when you can redeem your SGBs in 2025