ENA Sectors 2018-08-10 06:43:25 <p><strong>New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN)</strong> Government has constituted an ad-hoc committee comprising of 12 members, industry stakeholders like karikars to gold smiths to big entrepreneurs, to help structure for a domestic council for gold and jewellery as suggested by commerce minister Suresh Prabhu.</p> <p>This is a step toward formulating a comprehensive gold policy for the country.</p> <p>The council will have representation from the smallest stakeholders &mdash; karigars and goldsmiths &mdash; to the largest ones, jeweller and bullion dealer, in order to boost exports of handmade and customised jewellery from the sector thereby generating more jobs.</p> <p>During the India International Jewellery Show organised in Mumbai, Prabhu said in a recorded speech that for the first time in India a domestic gold council will be created.</p> <p>Our Prime Ministers vision is to make sure gold becomes a commodity which can be exported globally. We have a jeweller in almost every village of India. They make customised jewellery. We have a jeweller who makes handmade jewellery. Just imagine customised and handmade jewellery has a huge potential in (the) global market. We must promote it and that will create huge jobs in the country. Besides creating a domestic gold council, we are trying to promote exports and for that we have created a strategy.</p> 20572 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/ad-hoc-committee-formed-to-create-gold-council-members-include-karigars-goldsmiths-and-big-entrepreneurs 2018-08-10 06:43:25 knnindia.co.in