The Centre tells Parliament it has collected Rs 10,463 crore in customs duty on precious metals over the past three months. The figures are referenced in a Lok Sabha statement, alongside information about enforcement activity, including the seizure of 161 kg of gold during raids.
The disclosure also addresses questions about “idle” gold held by families in India. The government states it does not maintain data on how much gold is idle, indicating a gap in official measurement of household holdings. Different reporting focuses on the revenue aspect—custom duty collection—and the enforcement side—gold seizures—while both elements are tied to the same parliamentary update.
Overall, the available coverage centres on two points: the customs revenue figure for the specified period and the government’s position that it lacks data on idle household gold. The reports present these as parts of the broader picture of precious-metals regulation, duty collection, and raid outcomes discussed in the Lok Sabha.
