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The claim

Gold worth ₹1.28 lakh crore has gone missing from India’s treasury.

Original publisher’s rating

MISLEADING

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the reported ₹1.28 lakh crore decline reflected a fall in the market price of gold, not missing physical gold. It reports that the RBI’s gold reserves stood at around 880 metric tonnes in September 2025.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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