Dhanteras is considered auspicious for investment and buying gold.
Now, in many cases, they give no old jewellery but the bills they get show gold as provided by them, the jeweller's making charge and the GST on that.
Travel time, too, has not fallen much after the abolition of octroi with trucks still queued up at regional transport offices and toll tax plazas.
The cryptocurrency will fall in the RBI's domain.
The options include involving jewellers as collection centres, addressing of issues that banks have been facing and using domestically available gold for giving metal loans to jewellers for domestic sales.
Indian industry will have to deal with high raw material prices, and user industries will see their costs rising though with a lag in some cases.
Dealers with turnover of Rs 2 crore and above covered; industry says threshold too low
According to government data, the prices have still not crossed the MSPs in some mandis.
On an average most commodities are up between 20-30 per cent compared to a year ago levels.
Of the 11,000 kg imported between July 1 and August 9, around 90 per cent was brought in by two business groups which took advantage of the favourable reduction in tax incidence under GST, routing their imports through Korea.
Steps such as safeguard duty in the works to plug the route
In July alone, 2.5 tonnes of gold coins were imported so far from South Korea under zero-duty facility
A new solution to raise deal speed is expected to avoid hiccups in trading when launched on August 1
Good monsoon, farm loan waiver -- the two key reasons behind more customers in jewellery shops
In India 24-carat gold is used mostly in coins and bars
The proposed bullion bank can help settle gold loan accounts in gold terms, and promote existing gold schemes, along with launching schemes including gold-recurring deposits.
Sarod brothers Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash are waiting to take their creation, the Erod, to the world.
"The government feels the industry needs some government oversight and can't be left unregulated. A panel of bureaucrats will soon submit their recommendations on the subject," said an official.
BIS proposes compulsory registration for selling hallmarked jewellery. This will kill business of online sales as BIS registration is given only to physical premises.
Government allows duty-free import of 500,000 tonnes raw sugar till June 12. At present, India levies an import duty of 40% on sugar
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