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Gems and Jewellery

Gems and Jewellery

News and analysis for Gem and Jewellery Industry

Sabyasachi Ray of GJEPC speaks about the gems & jewellery trade in India Headquartered in Mumbai, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council has been the premier trade body for the diamond trade since over 50 years. Sabyasachi Ray, ED,...
Articles on diamonds 1986.04.7-20. Can We Be Number One_BizIndia by RN Bhaskar 1986.04.7-20. Can We Be Number One_BizIndia (https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1986.04.7-20.-Can-We-Be-Number-One_BizIndia.pdf) 1989.05.15. A Cut Above the Rest- JM leading the 1990 protest against govt -- Business India - RN Bhaskar 1989.05.15. A Cut Above the...
How to give India's gold a better glow yet make it part of a "Make in India" movement You can download the full report from here: Gold is one of the oldest industries in India employing almost 3.5 million people. But its...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-private-players-new-tech-new-mines-a-gold-rush-may-be-upon-us-2574353.html There could be a lot more gold being mined in India Indians’ insatiable passion for the yellow metal will ensure that prices don’t fall any time soon, incentive enough for more players to get into the game RN Bhaskar -- May...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-clean-up-the-gold-trade-quickly-as-a-national-priority Gold smuggling- II: Cleaning up the gold trade is a national priority RN Bhaskar (Part I of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-i-is-encouraged-by-flawed-government-policies/) Why should gold be a national priority? There are three reasons why gold assumes immense significance for the integrity...
Sanjay Kothari and the transformation of the gems and jewellery trade in India Sanjay Kothari has been a diamond industry player (Kunal Diamonds) for five decades with forward integration into jewellery. He has been involved with GJEPC since 1996 in...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/commodities/gold-needs-some-very-urgently-needed-policy-changes-4820471.html Policy changes for gold urgently required RN Bhaskar  -- January 15, 2020 Successive governments in India have waffled on gold policies for long (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/11/urgent-needfor-gold-reforms/). As a result, the entire gold trade was allowed to either go underground, or go to seed. The...
Bakul Limbasiya focusses on becoming the largest enabler for lab grown diamonds in India While it is unanimously agreed that the potential of lab grown diamonds is enormous and will generate forex revenues, the one question asked often is about...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/when-will-the-budget-provisions-actually-liberate-this-yellow-metal-2507939.html Budget 2018 and gold -- a long way to go yet To understand how significant the provisions of the Budget are, one must go back in the past where gold was largely been treated only as a commodity – albeit...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gold-be-made-less-attractive-for-smugglers-en-bhaskar/1101981 Can the government make gold a cleaner, more profitable, business in India? — By RN Bhaskar | Jul 13, 2017 07:16 am Listen carefully to the words that are constantly being uttered by government spokesmen. They talk about driving black-marketeers to the ground....