Council for gems & jewellery to be launched on January 31

Mumbai: The A meeting was held with the Director General of DGFT at the national capital Delhi, where several representatives from the gems and jewellery sector joined to meet and discuss on the structure of the domestic council for the gems and jewellery sector.

The meeting was held under the auspices of the Union Ministry for Commerce & Industry and the chairmanship of Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi (DG Foreign Trade) held in Udyog Bhavan on January 16.

During the meeting it has been decided that formation of the Domestic Council for Gems & Jewellery will be announced on January 31.

All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), which was part of the existing working group, will also be part of the newly constituted Ad Hoc Committee. GJC will take an important part at Drafting Committee, which will oversee the drafting of the constitutional documents as well as the Election Rules of the Domestic Council.

"We have to make investments towards brand building, designing, manufacturing and customer reassurance. The Domestic Council will play a pivotal role in all these aspects," said GJC Vice Chairman Shaankar Sen.