Whats the taxation rules for GOLD?
Any profit on transaction of gold is considered under the category of capital gains.
How Can we know whether it is long term or short term capital gain?
Gold ornaments held for a period of more than 36 months are long term capital assets and attract long term capital gains (LTCG) tax. If held for less than 36 months, then they are short term capital assets and attract short term capital gains (STCG) tax.
How to calculate LTCGT?
What is indexed cost of acquisition?
The tax laws allow you to take the benefit of rising prices or inflation. That is, your original purchase price will be adjusted to current prices. That way, your inflation adjusted gains will be lower than the absolute gains.