India Post has announced a discount of 6.5 percent on gold coins this Rakhi.

According to an official statement, the postal service will give a discount of 6.5 percent to any customer who buys gold from select post offices on Aug 1. In the capital, the discount will be available in all 31 post offices that sell gold coins. 

"These coins have purity rating of 24 karat and are available in tamper-proof packaging," said the statement read. 

Gold bought from India Post comes with benefits like internationally recognized certification, low risk of duplication, quality packaging, product standardization and numbering with assayer certification, it said. 

India Post gold coins bear the logo of the service and are available in denominations of 0.5 gm, 1 gm, 5 gm, 8 gm, 10 gm, 20 gm and 50 gm.