Senior officials of the department of commerce will meet exporters and export promotion councils on Tuesday in the wake of slowing growth of various exporting sectors. Declining exports of labour intensive products including leather, gems and jewellery, man-made yarn, and pharmaceuticals had pulled down the overall growth of outward shipments from the country in December […]

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A new Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council, an apex body that will bring together all the different segments of the industry within India under a common banner, will be formally launched by the Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhu in Mumbai on January 28, 2018. The decision to go ahead with the […]

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The domestic industry has demanded a cut in import duty on gold to 4% from the current 10%. The government is working on an integrated gold policy, which is expected to be released soon, to promote the growth of the yellow metal industry and exports of jewellery, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said. “We […]

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