Jewellery strike

Soaring prices may hit gold sales on Akshaya Tritiya

Akshaya Tritiya, considered an auspicious day to buy gold, is likely to be lacklustre this time as jewellers are expecting negative to marginal growth compared to last year, on the back of rising gold prices, which is ruling at over Rs 30,000 per 10 grams.

May 06, 2016, 10:43 AM IST

Govt asks jewellers to comply with central excise registration, to pay dues up to June

The government on Saturday asked the jewellers to settle the excise dues for March-May along with that of June and get themselves registered with the central excise department by July 1.

Apr 24, 2016, 09:52 AM IST

Jewellers may end month-old strike in 'next few days'

Jewellers may completely call off their strike in the next few days after the government's assurance that the Ashok Lahiri committee will consider all their demand, Assocham National Council on Gems & Jewellery Chairman Sankar Sen said on Tuesday.

Apr 12, 2016, 17:23 PM IST

Jewellery stocks shine bright, surge up to 10.5%

Jewellery stocks were in limelight Monday, rising sharply by up to 10.5 percent, after major associations called off the strike demanding rollback of proposed excise duty on non-silver jewellery.

Mar 21, 2016, 18:22 PM IST