Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams deposits 2780 kg gold with SBI

TIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams which governs the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara today deposited 2,780 kg of gold with State Bank of India under long term deposit scheme.

The certificates for the gold deposit was handed over by Amaravathi Circle SBI Chief General Manager Mani Palvesan to the TTD Financial Advicer and Chief Accountants Officer Mr. O. Balaji, TTD PRO Ravi told.

TTD would get an interest of 2.5 per cent on the long term gold deposit made for 12 years under Gold Monetisation Scheme, he said.