Silver has recorded a significant rise of approximately 113% over the past year, trading near ₹2,30,500 per kg on MCX in July 2026. Such sharp price movements are often followed by phases of consolidation or correction, and silver has already declined by nearly 7% from its June highs of around ₹2,47,000 per kg.

The question of whether silver can be purchased on a Monday often arises in the context of traditional beliefs as well as practical considerations. In Indian cultural conventions, Monday is commonly associated with silver, and many households consider it an acceptable or favourable day for such purchases.

The question of whether buy silver on Thursday is appropriate often arises in the context of traditional beliefs and practical timing. In Indian cultural interpretations, Thursday is associated with Jupiter (Brihaspati), which is commonly linked to themes of knowledge, prosperity, and growth.

The direct answer first: digital gold is legal to buy and sell in India, but as of now it is not regulated by any financial authority. On 8 November 2025, the securities market regulator issued a public caution (SEBI advisory) stating exactly this, and the question of is digital gold regulated in India now has an official answer: no. Three bodies come up whenever this topic is discussed, the securities market regulator, the central bank and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, and this article explains where digital gold stands with each of them, what risks follow from the gap, and which gold products do carry proper oversight.

A hundred rupees, three taps on an app, and you own a fraction of a gram of silver sitting in a vault somewhere. Convenient, certainly. But who regulates digital silver in India, and whose rules protect that hundred rupees? The honest answer: no statutory financial regulator directly oversees it. What exists instead is a self-regulatory body formed by the industry itself, the Digital Precious Metals Assurance Council of India (DPMACI), which sets voluntary standards for member platforms. This guide explains what digital silver is, where it stands legally, what DPMACI requires, how all this compares with a regulated Silver ETF, and the checks worth running before you put real money in.

India's central bank now holds more than 880 tonnes of gold. That is over double its holding at the turn of the century, and the buying has been deliberate, year after year. Nor is India alone: central banks worldwide have been adding roughly 1,000 tonnes annually for the past four years, about twice the pace of the previous decade. Why would the institutions that print money keep stacking a metal that pays no interest? This article explains the reasons behind central bank gold purchase programmes, sets out where India's rbi gold reserves stand and where the bars physically sit, and connects the macro story to something closer to home: your own gold, and what it can do for you.

Gold prices in India follow a seasonal rhythm, and it is tied to the festive and wedding calendar. The mechanism fits in one sentence: in the weeks before major buying occasions, demand rises faster than supply can respond, and prices firm up. That is why gold price rises before festival periods with such regularity that jewellers plan their year around it. Digital gold offers no escape from the pattern either, since it is priced off the same underlying rate, so app buyers face the same pre-festival premium as counter buyers. This article walks through the demand surge, the supply squeeze, what it means for digital gold, and whether buying before or after the season makes better sense.

If tradition kept a league table for gold-buying days, Thursday would sit at the top of it. So the answer to Is Thursday a good day to buy gold is an easy yes: the day belongs to Jupiter, the planet tied to wealth and wisdom in Vedic thought, and gold is regarded as Jupiter's own metal. A smaller set of customs pulls the other way, and this article gives that view a fair hearing too. On the market side there is nothing to debate, since prices ignore weekdays completely, and so does every institution that later handles the gold; IIFL Finance, for one, values pledged jewellery on assayed purity and weight alone. Tradition first, then the numbers.

Somewhere in most Indian homes sits a box of older gold, a grandmother's bangles, a wedding chain from the nineties, none of it carrying the modern stamp. Let the worry rest at the start: owning jewellery without a hallmark is completely legal in India, and so is selling it to a jeweller or pledging it for a loan. Hallmarking law restricts what jewellers may sell, not what families may keep. Lenders know this well; IIFL Finance, for instance, values pledged gold by testing its purity at the branch, hallmark or no hallmark. This guide covers the legal position, the exemptions, how to get old pieces hallmarked, your options to sell, exchange or pledge, and the penalties, which fall on sellers, never on you.

Take the day's gold price, divide it by the day's silver price, and the number you get is the gold silver ratio: how many grams of silver it takes to equal one gram of gold in value. One division, centuries of use. In recent years the ratio has mostly moved in a broad 60-to-90 band, often towards the higher end, and traders, jewellers and household buyers across India watch it as a quick gauge of which metal looks cheap relative to the other. This guide explains the ratio in plain terms, shows the calculation, walks through its history, decodes the high and low signals, and covers how Indian investors, including families whose metal doubles as loan collateral with lenders such as IIFL Finance, actually put it to work.