^^ well, import of gold needs to be reduced to very low level, at least for some months if this is true
I will avoid buying gold or gold jewelry for the festival season this year. I think every Indian feels like I do then we will be fine.
With our out of control dowry cultures, I don't think our Rupees can ever be appreciated to a respectable value.
When the British Empire and others started the economic trade with the Mughal Empire, it is said that this region was the richest or the second richest in the world at that time.
I can't really think of what exactly made it so rich apart from huge accumulation of precious metals in the region held by the rulers and the people alike for centuries on end.
What I am trying to say is our love for the precious metals in the Bar-e-Saghir region is culturally strong as it has always been and I don't think that's about to change anytime soon.
In Pakistan, we have laws on the maximum amount of dowry to be given on weddings but no one cares for such a law.