Sovereign gold bond June issue opens on Monday after two-month lull

Issue is priced at Rs 3.196 per gram, with a Rs 50 discount on cashless or net banking purchases

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the issue of sovereign gold bonds for first half of the current financial year. In April and May, no sovereign gold bonds were announced due to elections. The June issue opening on Monday, June 3, is priced at Rs 3,196 per gram and those buying using net banking or cashless, will get discount of Rs 50 per gram as usual.

The issue closes on June 7. After that, bond issues will be announced every month till Sepember, with July 8-12, August 5-9 and September 9-13 as issue dates are dates. Monthly dates announced