Indian Bank Gold Loan

The following are the attractive benefits of the Indian Bank gold loan or Jewel Loan scheme:

• Multipurpose loan: Indian Bank Jewel Loan can be used for multiple domestic needs, consumption, family functions, medical expenses, and any bankable activity, other than speculative ones.
• No upper limit on the loan amount: The maximum loan amount offered under Jewel Loan is up to Rs. 10 Lakhs per borrower for the bullet repayment scheme. There is no cap on the maximum loan limit for the monthly repayment scheme.
• Flexible repayment tenure: The loan can be repaid in a flexible tenure of 35 months under the monthly repayment scheme and up to 12 months under the bullet repayment scheme.
• Low processing fees: A processing fee of 0.50% on the loan amount will be charged. There is no cap on the maximum processing fee amount
• Competitive rate of interest: The gold loan interest rate is 8.00% p.a. for the bullet payment method and 8.75% for the monthly payment method.
• Easy eligibility: Every Indian resident aged above 21 years can apply for this loan, including senior citizens.
• Minimal documents required: You just need to provide your identity and address proof along with a duly filled-in and signed application form.

Indian Bank gold loan interest rates are floating in nature. The following are the details of the Indian Bank gold loan rates of interest for different schemes

• Jewel Loan: This loan can be used for domestic needs, consumption, family functions, medical expenses, or any bankable activity other than speculative purposes. This loan is further divided into 2 categories, as mentioned below, with their features:
  • Bullet Repayment: In this scheme, the entire loan amount is repayable at the end of the tenure along with interest.
    • Loan amount: 70% of the market value of the pledged jewels or per gram advance value of jewels, whichever is lower, for a loan up to Rs. 5 Lakhs. 65% of the market value of the pledged jewels or per gram advance value of jewels, whichever is lower, for loans above Rs. 5 Lakhs and up to Rs. 10 Lakhs. The maximum loan amount offered is up to Rs 10 Lakhs per borrower
    • Tenure: The Maximum tenure for repayment is 12 months for this scheme.
    • Rate of interest: The Indian Bank gold loan interest rate is 8.25% p.a.
    • Processing fee: 0.50% of the loan amount
  • Monthly Repayment: Under this method, the loan is repayable in monthly instalments along with interest, also known as EMIs (Equated Monthly Instalments).
    • Loan amount: 70% of the market value of the pledged jewels or per gram advance value of jewels, whichever is lower. There is no cap on the maximum loan amount
    • Tenure: The Maximum tenure for repayment is 35 months for this scheme.
    • Rate of interest: 8.75% p.a.
    • Processing fee: 0.50% of the loan amount
• Agriculture Jewel Loan Scheme: This loan can be availed of to meet the short-term financial requirements of all individual farmers, like crop cultivation, repairs of farm assets, allied activities like Dairy/ Poultries/ Fisheries, purchase of inputs like fertilizers/ pesticides/ seeds, repayment of debt taken from non-financial lenders, etc. This loan is further divided into 2 categories, as mentioned below with their features:
  • Bumper Agri Jewel Loan:
    • Loan amount: 85% of the market value of pledged gold jewels or scale of finance/ unit cost approved by DLTC/ NABARD, whichever is lower.
    • Tenure: The maximum tenure for this scheme is 6 months.
    • Rate of interest: An interest rate of 7% p.a. will be charged on a floating basis.
  • Other Agri Jewel loan Products 
    • Loan amount: 80% of the market value of pledged gold jewels or scale of finance/ unit cost approved by DLTC/ NABARD, whichever is lower.
    • Tenure: The maximum tenure for this scheme is 12 months
    • Rate of interest: An interest rate of 7% p.a. will be charged on a floating basis.
• OD Against Gold Jewels: It is a new product/ overdraft facility for customers wherein an overdraft or OD limit is fixed instead of the Term Loan facility. Apart from the general public and women, this loan can also be availed of by COVID warriors to give them due respect and value for their services during this pandemic scenario. The loan can be used for any purpose.
  • Loan amount: 75% of the market value of the pledged jewels or per gram advance value of jewels, whichever is lower. The minimum loan amount available is Rs. 25,000, and the maximum is up to Rs. 10 Lakhs.
  • Tenure: Interest to be serviced by the borrower as and when charged in the account, and withdrawals are permitted within the sanctioned limit.
  • Rate of interest: 8.90% p.a. for women and COVID warriors and 9.40% p.a. for the general public.
  • Processing fee: 0.50% of the loan amount
  • Add-on benefits: Issuance of a Rupay Card and personalised cheque books.

If you want to apply for an Indian Bank gold loan, you will have to meet the following basic eligibility criteria:

• All individuals, including senior citizens, can apply for the Indian Bank Jewel Loan.
• The minimum entry age to be eligible for the loan is 21 years.
• Applicants should not be above 70 years.

The document requirements for the Indian Bank gold loan are minimal as mentioned below:

• Duly filled in the application form for a gold loan
• Identity proof such as Voter ID Card, PAN Card, Passport, Aadhaar Card, Driving License, etc.
• Address proof such as Voter ID Card, Passport, Aadhaar Card, Driving License, etc.

Below is a comparison of the Indian Bank gold loan with gold loan schemes of other lenders. You can check that you can offer the lowest gold loan interest rate in which bank before applying for the loan.

The applicant has to bear the following charges for the Indian Bank gold loan:

• Processing fee: 0.50% on loan amount.
• Rate of interest: 8.25% to 9.40% p.a., depending on the scheme type.
• Appraiser fee: This fee is to be borne by the applicant as communicated by the lender during the time of loan application.

Follow the steps mentioned below to complete the online Indian Bank gold loan application process:

• Visit the official website of the bank and open the Jewel Loan page. You can open the page directly by clicking on https://indianbank.in/departments/jewel-loan/#!
• Click on the ‘Apply for loan’ link given at the bottom of the page.
• Choose the ‘Submit request’ option.
• Choose from the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ options in the ‘whether you are an existing customer’ section.
• Enter your savings bank account number if you are an existing customer of the bank.
• If you are not an existing customer, enter your mobile number.
• Click on the ‘Generate OTP’ button.
• Enter the OTP received on your mobile number to complete the application.
• The bank executives will get in touch with you soon.
• In case of any difficulty in the online application process, you can contact at 1800 4250 0000 for online assistance.