Buying gold this Akshaya Tritiya might not be the usual affair as the country undergoes a nationwide lockdown. If you are planning to buy gold this Akshaya Tritiya today, then you won't be able to head to a store and purchase the yellow metal. You can, however, buy gold online. Due to the economic instability, high inflation and market volatility, gold continues to remain an attractive asset and tends to do well during periods of financial volatility. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Fighting COVID-19 with facts not fear: How India can get back to work after coronavirus lockdown

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The government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has launched the first among six tranches of sovereign scheduled for the financial year 2021

The past many years had been bad for the sector as demonetisation and GST were big put-downers and this is the first Akshaya Tritiya since 2016 that is showing some visible volume uptick.

Today is Akshaya Tritiya 2019:  check out discounts and cashback deals offered by some of the top jewelers in the country

On the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya, Paytm, in collaboration with the MMTC-PAMP, has launched a gold accumulation plan (GAP) that allows one to buy, sell and store gold digitally.

Silver is typically more volatile than gold. During crisis years, such as 2008, gold outperformed silver. However, during recovery periods silver tends to outperform gold as industrial demand pick up and investments pour in.