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Strike effect: Artisans shift to imitation jewellery

Faced with the prospect of joblessness, many migrated from gold and silver jewellery to making imitation jewellery.

North-based jewellers await directive from GJF to open shops

Some jewellers are also waiting for Arun Jaitley to announce liberalisation in policy committed to jewellers for 'no raids and no seizure of stocks'

Jewellers continue stir over Budget duty

Meanwhile, govt constituted a panel under former Chief Economic Advisor to look into the demands of jewellers

Rajesh Exports wins jewellery order worth Rs 1,045 crore

The shares of the company went up by 1%

Jewellery stocks rise by up to 8% as 18-day strike ends

Government assured them that there will be no harassment by excise officials

Rs 6,300 crore business hit in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry due to jewellery strike

TN, Puducherry are home to about 36,000 showrooms, jewellery sector has about 8-10 lakh employees

Jewellery as a safety device

Here's a jewellery range that cares about your safety

Centre shouldn't strangulate jewellery business: Kejriwal to Modi

Kejriwal said Modi, when CM of Gujarat, opposed a similar move by UPA in 2012, making jewellers feel cheated now

Excise on jewellery to stay, but finance ministry ready to ease rules

Jewellers' association digs in, says strike to continue till excise is completely withdrawn

Jewellery demand to rise to 670-685 tonnes in FY17: India Ratings

It further expects an improvement in demand for coins and bars with demand to grow at 3-5% in 2016

Gems & jewellery exports likely to be lowest in six years

This year's gems and jewellery (G&J) exports from India are likely to be the lowest in six years because of weak overseas demand following a sharp cut in luxury spending by global consumers.Data compiled by Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex industry body, showed a 14.49 per cent decline between April 2015 and January 2016 to $25.95 billion from the corresponding period last year.On annualised basis, India's G&J exports are unlikely to surpass $31.14 billion in 2015-16, the lowest in five years. During 2014-15, overall G&J exports were at $36.26 billion, slightly higher than the previous year.The sharp fall in G&J exports assumes significance as this segment contributes nearly 13 per cent of total merchandised exports from India, employing around one million workers. Unrecoverable job losses are feared in India's diamond cutting and processing sector which processes 11 out of every 13 rough diamonds mined across the world."The volatility in th

Jewellers begin 3-day strike at Budget levy

The strike was to protest at the Union Budget announcement of a 1% excise duty levy on articles of gold and diamond studded jewellery

Jewellery stocks: Limited impact of excise duty levy

Most will pass on levy to users; effective duty execution to create level field for unorganised players