Gold coins can be pledged for a loan, but specific rules apply, and they trip up a lot of people. You get quick funds without selling the coins. The catch is that only certain coins qualify, and there is a weight cap. Only bank-issued coins of at least 22-carat purity are accepted, up to 50 grams per borrower, at up to 75% of their assessed value. Privately minted or foreign coins do not count. This guide explains the gold coin loan rules and how to apply. A Gold Loan from IIFL Finance covers eligible coins.

Most people hand over their gold and hope for the best. You do not have to. The RBI's 2025 Directions on lending against gold and silver, in force from 1 April 2026, give borrowers firm, written rights at every stage, from how your gold is valued to when it must come back. Knowing these consumer rights for gold loan borrowers means you can spot a shortcut and insist on the rule. This guide walks through your rights before, during and after the loan, and how to complain if a lender falls short. A Gold Loan from IIFL Finance is built around these protections.

Gold moves through Indian families constantly, at weddings, births, festivals and just because. The tax question follows close behind. Is gifted gold taxable? The short answer: it depends on who gave it and how much it is worth. Gifts from close relatives are fully exempt, whatever the value. Gifts from others are taxable once they cross INR 50,000 in a year. This guide explains the gift tax on gold jewellery rules in plain terms, the wedding exemption, what happens when you later sell gifted gold, and the papers worth keeping. And since gifted gold is genuinely yours, it can also back a Gold Loan from IIFL Finance if you ever need funds.

Ask three people how much a gold biscuit weighs and you'll get three different answers because there's no standard weight. Biscuits come in several standard sizes from the slim 1 gram to the hefty 1 kilogram bars favoured by vault buyers, but the size most bought by Indian households is 10 grams. This guide properly covers gold biscuit weight in India: the standard sizes, the 999 and 999.9 purity levels, how to work out what a biscuit is worth, and one rule many owners miss, biscuits cannot be pledged for a gold loan, though your jewellery and bank coins can back a Gold Loan from IIFL Finance any day.

Understanding how to start an AC repair service business in India can help skilled technicians and aspiring entrepreneurs build a service-based business with relatively low initial investment. As air conditioner adoption continues to grow across homes, offices, retail outlets, hospitals, hotels, educational institutions, and industrial facilities, the demand for installation, servicing, and repair has also increased in many parts of the country. This guide explains the investment required, registrations, essential tools, business planning, customer acquisition strategies, and funding options, including gold loans, to help you establish an AC repair service business in India.

Startup India loan schemes are not one fund. They are a layered support system, some providing milestone-based seed grants, some guaranteeing bank loans that would otherwise require collateral, and several existing outside the Startup India umbrella but catering to the same new-business borrower. Two cautions belong at the top. Most benefits are conditional, on DPIIT recognition, on business age, on category, on incubator selection, and approval is never automatic: schemes fund eligible applicants through defined processes, not every applicant who applies. This guide covers what the Startup India initiative actually provides, six key loan and support schemes with their current limits, the step-by-step application route, and the practical questions founders ask, with IIFL Finance noted where market financing complements the schemes.

Sarita in Pune did the family maths one evening and did not like it: school fees up again, groceries costing more every quarter, and the fixed deposit renewing at a rate that barely covered the rise. Her mother's answer to this problem had always been gold, and Sarita wanted to know if the old instinct survives scrutiny. The gold price vs inflation question deserves an honest answer, not a slogan, and this analysis gives one: what inflation is and how India measures it, how gold has actually performed against rising prices over short and long horizons, why the metal works as a hedge and when it does not, how it compares with FDs, equity and real estate, and the practical takeaways for a household, including how a Gold Loan from IIFL Finance lets gold do a second job without being sold.

The MSME credit guarantee framework exists to solve small business lending's oldest problem: banks want security, and most micro and small enterprises have little to pledge. Under the framework, government-backed trusts guarantee the lender against default, so eligible MSMEs can borrow without collateral, the guarantee stands in for the property the borrower does not have. Two cautions apply from the outset. A guarantee protects the lender, not the borrower: the loan must still be repaid in full, and the lender still assesses viability before sanctioning, so approval is never automatic. And coverage, limits and fees follow scheme guidelines that are revised periodically, all figures below are subject to the rules prevailing at application. This guide explains what the guarantee fund is, the key schemes under it, who can apply, and the step-by-step route, with IIFL Finance noted where market financing complements the framework.

The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) has returned in a fifth avatar: ECLGS 5.0, approved by the Union Cabinet in May 2026 to help businesses ride out liquidity stress linked to the West Asia crisis, with a targeted additional credit flow of INR 2.55 lakh crore. You need to understand the precise design of it because it excludes as much as it includes. The scheme is a government-guaranteed top-up on existing working capital facilities and is available only to borrowers who had such limits with standard accounts on 31 March 2026. It is not a fresh loan for new borrowers or new-to-bank businesses. Approval is through the borrower’s existing lender and is subject to the lender’s process and the scheme’s guidelines. This guide covers what ECLGS is, who is eligible under 5.0, the key features including the 20% formula, the application route, and the scheme's version history, with IIFL Finance noted where market financing serves those the scheme does not.

Rajan runs a civil contracting firm in Kochi, and his balance sheet tells the industry's oldest joke: he is profitable on paper and broke on Fridays. Running bills take sixty days to certify, retention money sits with clients for a year, and meanwhile cement, steel and forty labourers demand payment weekly. An MSME loan for construction and real estate businesses exists to bridge exactly that gap between work done and money received. This guide covers what such a loan is, the four loan types the sector actually uses, indicative rates and amounts, eligibility criteria and documents, the government schemes that apply, and the application steps, with the Business Loan from IIFL Finance as the working-capital benchmark.