No impact of jewellers’ stir, claims govt
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 23
The government today said the strike call by “a very small section of jewellers has had no impact”, calling it a “misguided attempt by a limited set of persons to disrupt the normal functioning of jewellery business”.
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“The said call was itself based on untenable grounds and an attempt was made to misinform fellow jewellers about the various provisions of the hallmarking scheme.
Some jewellery associations and federations also came out with statements in support of the government and hallmark unique identification number (HUID). “The strike has been called by some self-interest group to pass the responsibility from first point of sale to last point of sale or on retail jewellers,” said All India Jewellers and Goldsmith Federation adding only a “few big and corporate jewellers were closed”.
