India, Nov. 1 -- More than 30 per cent of India's official gold reserves, or the bullion held by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has returned home in the past 30-odd months. By end-2022, most of the gold owned by the central bank was held abroad, mostly in the Bank of England. Since March 2023, more of the yellow metal has started to come back to its native place. During the first six months of this fiscal year, the RBI transferred more than 60 tonnes from foreign vaults to the domestic ones, taking the total that has come back since 2023 to 275 tonnes. Thus, at present, two-thirds of the 880 tonnes of gold that India owns as a nation is back. Just under 300 tonnes remains in the external custody. Experts dub this as the reverse gold rus...