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Ahmedabad: The India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC), which is part of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), has proposed the setting up of a ‘Gold Trust of India’, and a dedicated ministry or a centralised entity for bullion and precious metals. The proposal was made at the ninth edition of the IGPC-IIM-A Annual Gold and Gold Markets Conference 2026. IGPC argued that India must position itself as a global gold-pricing hub amid changing international trade dynamics. The proposals emerged during the ninth IGPC-IIM-A Annual Gold and Gold Markets Conference 2026, organised by the India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC) at IIM-A in New Delhi earlier this week. The conference focused on technology-led reforms, governance frameworks and structural changes needed in India’s gold economy.