Jewellers on Saturday March 19,2016 called off their 18-day old strike demanding
rollback of proposed excise duty on non-silver jewellery after
government assured them that there will be no harassment by excise
officials.
Major jewellery associations, including All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBBJ) and Gems Jewellery Export Promotion Council decided to call off the strike after meeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley regarding the 1 per cent excise duty proposed on jewellery in the budget.
"It (excise duty) has not been rolled back but our grievances have been taken care of. The Finance Minister has assured us that there will be no 'inspector raj' and we are hopeful of getting a notification in this regard.
"After long deliberations, all associations agreed to call off the stir," GJF Chairman Sreedhar GV told
Over 3 lakh jewellers from more than 300 associations kept their establishments closed across the country since March 2 after the Finance Minister in the budget for 2016-17 announced one per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery.
Jewellers are also opposed to mandatory quoting of PAN by customers for transactions of Rs. 2 lakh and above.
Major jewellery associations, including All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBBJ) and Gems Jewellery Export Promotion Council decided to call off the strike after meeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley regarding the 1 per cent excise duty proposed on jewellery in the budget.
"It (excise duty) has not been rolled back but our grievances have been taken care of. The Finance Minister has assured us that there will be no 'inspector raj' and we are hopeful of getting a notification in this regard.
"After long deliberations, all associations agreed to call off the stir," GJF Chairman Sreedhar GV told
Over 3 lakh jewellers from more than 300 associations kept their establishments closed across the country since March 2 after the Finance Minister in the budget for 2016-17 announced one per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery.
Jewellers are also opposed to mandatory quoting of PAN by customers for transactions of Rs. 2 lakh and above.
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