Rural demand of gold is shooting up as farmers from Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are lapping up the yellow metal due to...
With rapid thrust in the digitisation of the sector, the CII brought in delegates and industry leaders to connect with the government in its discussion over...
THE Indian jewellery industry has turned bullish about the upcoming festive season, with a majority of industry representatives hoping that the period will kickstart a revival...
While Mumbai-based jewellers are mooting on better working conditions for karigars, Kozhikode-based group’s chief pitches for uniform gold pricing across the country. Kolkata: At this time...
In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the government on Monday announced the extension of a deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts by over...
The Rs 475,000-crore Indian jewellery sector has entered a consolidation phase with jewellers renegotiating for a 25-30 per cent of cut in rent, reducing store sizes and inventories,...
Most of the artisans, or karigars, who work at jewellery manufacturing hubs in the country hail from West Bengal. Jewellers are ready to take them to...
Economic uncertainty unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic is still not persuading India’s gold hoarding lot to sell their household gold even in the midst of a...
Jewellers and bullion traders have urged the government to extend the deadline for mandatory hallmarking by a year to January 2022, saying the loss of business...
Jewellery shops have only one-third the staff and only masked men are allowed in. That heightens the risk of daylight robbery, and jewellers are jittery. Leading jewellers...
Jewellers, who have opened their stores in green zones, are witnessing thin sales. Most people coming to their stores either want to sell their jewellery or...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has allowed shops to open during the lockdown, which has been extended till May 18, for essential commodities and standalone...
Already having missed out on Hindu calendar new year sales during the spring harvest time due to abrupt lockdown, jewellers across the country are pulling out...
The indigenous gem and jewellery sector in the country has come to a “standstill” amid the coronavirus pandemic and is in immediate need of relief measures...
Retail Jeweller find outs why Gold deposit schemes are becoming ever more important for the jewellery industry even as several reports of retailers scamming consumers for...
AHMEDABAD: Abdul Rashid, a gold jewellery artisan from Kolkata, manages a small jewellery making unit in Ahmedabad. Three months ago, about 80 jewellery artisans were employed...
The Union Budget 2019 has hiked import duty on gold and other precious metals that are imported to 12.5%, from current level of 10%. The decision...
Gold demand rose by 10-20 per cent this Akshaya Tritiya from last year though the average ticket size was Rs 30,000-50,000 with people preferring light jewellery...
MUMBAI: India’s gold smugglers have slowed their operations over worries their shipments will be caught up in seizures of cash, bullion, booze and drugs that are aimed...
The Election Commission of India on Thursday assured the All India Gems and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the apex body for jewellery traders, manufacturers and retailers,...
All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the apex body for domestic jewellery traders, manufacturers and retailers today had a meeting with the Election Commission of India to seek...
Preference for physical gold, need for demat accounts, lock-in period are all deterrents to the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme Indians’ cultural preference for physical gold, coupled...
MUMBAI: Jewellers offering gold savings programmes, wherein buyers pay every month to receive the contracted piece of ornament at the end of the year, must necessarily...
Mumbai, February 1: Piyush Goyal presented the Interim Budget 2019-20 today at the Parliament. The Interim Budget failed to provide any relief to the gems and jewellery...
It is a momentous day for the Gems and Jewellery industry as Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce & Industry formally launched the Domestic Council for Gems & Jewellery. The...
