Overview
- A social-media post claimed Indian women hold roughly 25,488 tonnes of gold, more than women in ten listed countries combined.
- Anand Mahindra called it an "impressive statistic" and shared a childhood memory of the 1962 National Defence Fund gold-donation drive.
- He described watching his mother hand over jewellery to volunteers in Mumbai and reflected on whether similar voluntary generosity would happen today.
- Mahindra cited online sources saying Punjab "apparently" contributed about 252 kg of gold, and Hindustan Times noted it could not independently verify the figures.
- Separate from private holdings, the RBI’s latest bulletin reports official gold reserves have crossed about 880 metric tonnes, valued near USD 95 billion, after small additions through September.