The Reserve Bank of India may make the gold monetisation scheme simpler to give it a push as the plan to collate idle gold from households has failed to take off in its current form. The bank may remove one layer of the gold tendering process or make it optional, two people familiar with the development said. This is going to make life much simpler for designated banks and bulk gold depositors like Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams or Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust of Shirdi. The scheme was launched on November 6 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but it has not seen any momentum whatsoever due to procedural glitches. According to the plan that has now been envisaged, banks would be allowed to deposit the tendered metal directly at refin eries, instead of involving collection and purity testing centres (CPCT). The present rule says that each designated bank can authorise a CPTC to collect deposits of gold on its behalf.These centres then deposit the gold at refineries. However, none of