All India Gems and Jewellery Federation

Jewellers urge govt to reduce gold import duty to 2%

The jewellery industry has asked the government to reduce customs duty on gold to 2 percent, from 10 percent at present, in order to check smuggling of the precious metal.

Jan 11, 2015, 17:49 PM IST

Gold imports down in Dec, says trade body

In the first half of December, gold imports were at 22 tonnes. In the previous month, gold imports stood at 151 tonnes, All India Gems and Jewellery Federation Chairman Haresh Chamanbhai Soni told PTI.

Dec 25, 2014, 22:32 PM IST