A recent Economic Times report highlights how choosing the right gold loan repayment method can significantly reduce the overall cost for borrowers. While gold loans are widely used for their quick disbursal and lower interest rates, repayment structure plays a major role in how much interest a customer finally pays.
The article explains three common gold loan repayment options—regular EMI, bullet repayment, and overdraft-style repayment. EMI-based repayment suits borrowers with steady monthly income, as both principal and interest are paid in fixed instalments. Bullet repayment allows customers to pay interest periodically or at maturity, with the principal settled at the end, making it useful for short-term needs. The overdraft method offers higher flexibility, as interest is charged only on the amount utilised, helping disciplined borrowers lower interest outgo.
The report advises borrowers to assess cash flow, income stability, and loan tenure before choosing a repayment plan. Paying interest on time and reducing principal early can also bring down the total cost.
For institutions like Indel Money, transparent repayment options and customer awareness are essential to responsible lending. The article reinforces that informed repayment choices help borrowers manage gold loans better while protecting their pledged assets.
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In an interview with People Manager, Anoop C. Nair, Head of Human Resources at Indel Money, shared how flexibility in NBFCs must go beyond remote work and become a structured, fair, and governance-driven strategy. He explained that in a regulated gold-loan business, people policies must balance RBI compliance, customer trust, and local cultural realities.
According to Nair, flexibility does not mean relaxed controls. At Indel Money, the core values—ethics, compliance, and customer dignity—remain uniform across India, while the implementation adapts to regional needs. The company follows a “standardise the why and what, localise the how” approach, supported by regional councils and policy audits to maintain accountability.
He highlighted micro-flexibility practices such as rotating Saturdays off, role swaps within clusters, work-from-home options for eligible roles, Recharge Leave, and Family Leave. These initiatives are designed to improve retention in a branch-led NBFC environment.
Nair also emphasised that AI should handle routine administrative tasks, allowing managers to focus on mentoring and customer trust. He stressed that employee feedback is treated as a direct decision-making input, ensuring inclusive policy updates across geographies.
The interview outlines how flexible, measurable, and skills-driven HR practices are strengthening engagement, compliance, and long-term workforce resilience at Indel Money.
Indel Money Executive Director and CEO Umesh Mohanan shared his views on the Union Budget FY27, highlighting its strong focus on foreign investment, financial stability, and long-term economic growth. According to him, the Budget is timely, especially in the context of rupee depreciation, slowing exports, and global trade pressures.
He noted that the government’s efforts to attract foreign capital are visible through tax exemptions for NRIs and Overseas Citizens, along with simplified FEMA rules. The Budget also aims to bring investments from large global corporations by offering customs duty exemptions across key sectors such as aviation components, nuclear power projects, lithium-ion batteries, critical minerals, solar equipment, and electronics manufacturing. These sectors are expected to play a major role in India’s medium-term growth.
On the banking and finance side, Mohanan welcomed the formation of a High-Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat, which is expected to strengthen credit flow to banks, NBFCs, and MSMEs. Treating MSME trade receivables as asset-backed securities is seen as a positive step in easing credit access.
He also highlighted the government’s fiscal discipline, with a reduced fiscal deficit and increased public capital expenditure, which could encourage private investment. The simplified tax regime, support for data centres, bond market reforms, and rationalisation of MAT and STT were described as measures that support compliance, capital markets, and job creation.
