Somnath Temple becomes the first temple
to deposit its idle gold in the Gold Monetization Scheme. Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi who is one of the trustee has given his nod to
invest the yellow metal reserves in the scheme.
The
trust has 35 Kgs of Gold and they will be deposited which is not in day
to day use of the temple. The decision was taken after conducting a
meeting with trustees at Prime Minister Modi's residence. P.K.Lahiri who
is the trust secretary confirmed this news.
He
said, "During the meeting, all the trustees have agreed to the proposal
of depositing the gold, which is not in day-to-day use of the temple,
in the Gold Monetization Scheme." He said, the trust is having 35 Kilos
of gold in either pure form of Gold or Ornaments. The management will
segregate the pure gold from the whole lot to finalize the quantum of
Gold which can be deposited.
Lahiri
also said most of the Gold will be used for decoration purposes. Other
trustees include former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, Veteran
BJP leader LK Advani, Harshvardhan Neotia and JD Parmar.