OREANDA-NEWS. As per the International Financial Statistics, 2014 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India holds 10th position among the major holders of official gold reserves in the world. The Reserve Bank of India holds 557.75 tons of gold. The import of gold in India during the last three years has been the following:

YEAR

IMPORT

QTY(TON)

VAL (RS CRORE)

2011-12

1078.35

269900.71

2012-13

1013.72

292152.83

2013-14

661.71

166242.62

2014-15 (Apr-Oct)*

474.46

113969.57

*Figures for 2014-15 are provisional

 This was stated by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State in Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.