Uday Kotak Warns India's Gold Import Bill is Heading for $90 Billion
Gross gold imports could reach $88-90 billion in FY27, the Kotak Mahindra Bank founder told a conference in New Delhi on Friday, and he wants a committee created to work out how India pays that bill without damaging its external accounts. The same speech carried a second number. Kotak expects the current account deficit to widen to roughly $60 billion in FY27 if crude averages about $90 a barrel. Gold does most of that damage. Strip gold out, and India ran a current account surplus in FY26. He was speaking at the Conference on Financing India's Journey Towards Viksit Bharat, a gathering on capital formation. ANI carried the remarks, and a string of outlets across business media reproduced them over the weekend. "India needs to find a way to balance household demand for gold with the impact of imports on the country's external finances," Kotak said, according to Analytics Insight. He suggested the government consider setting up a committee to examine the issue. He also flagged the





















