This is to also check if shop owners have hoarded money as many people started buying gold since demonetisation
Regulator probing jewellery houses for violation of collective investment scheme rules
Scrap gold sales may be affected, old jewellery to fetch less
To get themselves registered with the central excise department by July 1.
Jewellers' 43-day shutdown forced many artisans to sell vegetables, do menial jobs
The 41-day strike was later called off on assurances from excise dept it would not 'harass' jewellers
He said there was no reason why luxury items should be exempted when the country was moving toward GST
In support of ongoing strike by jewellers, traders in Chandigarh also observed 'bandh' today, closed their shops
Traders have alleged that govt is misleading the jeweller community as there has been no roll back in the proposed hike
Jewellers, bullion traders, artisans have been on strike since March 2 to protest against 1% excise duty on non-silver jewellery
Apart from the revenue loss due to the ongoing strike, analysts see a bigger impact on their profits given the high margins in jewellery business
Govt constituted a panel under former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahri to look into the demands of jewellers
They have also been protesting against mandatory quoting of PAN by customers for transaction of Rs 2 lakh and above
Big jewellers were of the opinion to support central leadership and apex associations, however, smaller associations don't want excise
Coincides with withdrawal of their strike on Jaitley assurances of no harassment or red tape
A three-member committee has been set up to look into issues of jewellers
According to industry estimates, the jewellers in Tamil Nadu have already lost business worth Rs 5,000 crore owing to the strike
Online payment of tax and disclosure of stocks would suffice, jewellers may call off strike after March 17 rally in Delhi
Stepping up pressure, jewellery traders have decided to extend their strike till March 7