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23 April 2026 BANKING

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Department of Commerce (DoC) of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I), has updated the list of banks authorized to import precious metals. The new authorization is effective from April 2026, to March 2029.

A total of 15 banks are permitted to import both gold and silver, including Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, RBL Bank, SBI, Axis Bank, Federal Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, Karur Vysya Bank Ltd, Yes Bank, Deutsche Bank, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. Futhermore, Union Bank of India and SBER Bank (a Russian state-publicly listed company) are authorized to import gold only.