Budget 2026: Bullion Body Flags Gap On Gold Duty, GST After Budget Changes SGB Tax Break - NDTV Profit

Prithviraj Kothari, managing director at RiddiSiddhi Bullions Ltd. and president of the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd., said the Union Budget 2026–27 left the bullion industry without the import duty cut and the GST changes it had sought, even as the government moved to narrow a capital gains exemption linked to sovereign gold bonds. Kothari said the sector had expected a lower impor…