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The news of the government pledging the entire gold reserves against the loan outraged national sentiments and caused a public outcry. [18] [24] The gold was transported to London via a chartered plane from May 21 to May 31, 1991. [18] The Chandra Shekhar government, which authorised the airlift, collapsed a few months later. [18]
In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces. [2] Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US , for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production.
By 1931, around 1600 ounces of gold were arriving every day at the port of Bombay. [15] This gold intake was transported to the United Kingdom to compensate for the low bullion prices in the country and thereby revitalize the British economy, which was also experiencing a downturn due to the Great Depression| [4] [15]
In 2022, the Reserve Bank of India had total gold reserves of 787.4 tonnes. [62] India had the world's 9th largest gold reserves in 2022, and also became the world's 4th largest gold recycling country in the same year. [63] [64] The country has increased its organised gold refining capacity, with an increase from just 300 tons in 2013 to ...
Central banks have been net buyers of gold for 11 consecutive years. According to World Gold Council (WGC) data, central banks around the world bought 272.9 tonnes of bullion in 2020. Purchases ...
World's gold from 1845 to 2013, in tonnes (metric tons in the U.S.) World's gold holdings per capita, in grams Gold holdings are the quantities of gold held by individuals, private corporations, or public entities as a store of value, an investment vehicle, or perceived as protection against hyperinflation and against financial and/or political upheavals.
Up until the early 18th century, China and India were the two largest economies by GDP output. (** X axis of graph has non-linear scale which underestimates the dominance of India and China). India accounted for 25% of the world's industrial output in 1750, declining to 2% of the world's industrial output in 1900. [12]
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