The government recently announced several changes to the rates of the goods and services tax (GST) for various commodities. There may be more coming as GST is new and it will take time to iron out the nitty-gritty. But what is astounding is how the government has done away with transparency and audit trail in the purchase of jewellery and gems. Was it necessary to remove the PAN requirement for transactions worth over ~50,000? What happened to the so-called digital India effort? Evidently, the ballot box scored over the interests of the nation. Everyone knows that the jewellery industry is