Thursday, January 15, 2026
Gems and Jewellery

Gems and Jewellery

News and analysis for Gem and Jewellery Industry

Vallabhbhai Patel has become the largest player in the diamond industry Like so many in the industry, Vallabhbhai Patel has a village upbringing and agricultural background. From there, to building a company in India which is the largest worldwide in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/stanchart-seeks-to-control-the-destiny-of-indian-banks-and-profit-foreign-firms-says-rn-bhaskar-2 Stanchart seeks to control the destiny of Indian banks and profit foreign firms RN Bhaskar To understand how Standard Chartered Bank (SCB or Stanchart) works in India, one has only to go to the way it acted in the matter relating...
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...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-has-de-beers-bushwhacked-the-kimberly-process-agenda-1543675 Has De Beers bushwhacked the Kimberley Process agenda? Mon, 16 May 2011-03:21am , Mumbai , dna   The diamond trade is in a flap. Ostensibly, almost all players in the diamond industry back the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). This is a certification...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-we-trust-but-market-uncertain/1156098 Gold, Germany and India — By RN Bhaskar | Oct 19, 2017 08:01 am Gold markets continue to be poised on the tip of uncertainty.  There is all round confusion. There is no faith in oil prices – they could fall to as...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/this-is-how-government-can-clean-up-gold-trade-and-make-it-both-healthy-profitable-2327393.html Gold - III : Three steps which can clean up the gold trade in India (part-I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/india-loves-gold1/; and part II at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/duties-taxes-corruption-government-abets-smuggling-gold/) Rn bhaskar Jul 17, 2017 02:40 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com The need for a fresh approach...
  https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-a-colonial-outlook-has-stunted-indias-gold-mining-sector Gold mining – part III India sabotages its own gold mining interests RN Bhaskar  --  31 December, 2020 Basically, there are two types of corruption.  There can be good corruption and bad corruption.  In China, the state controls all resources. But the...
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...
 http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-government-can-easily-clean-up-gold-market-in-india/1106479 Just three steps and the govt can clean up the gold market — By RN Bhaskar | Jul 20, 2017 07:04 am   The gold market in India is in a mess.  Smuggling continues big time.  Seizure of smuggled-in-gold barely accounts for 3%...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-the-key-to-turkey-s-success-2055430 The key to Turkey’s success Monday, 26 January 2015 - 6:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna R N Bhaskar The country has cleaned up and revitalised its gold trade. Can India follow suit? Turkey is the fourth-largest consumer of gold...