Jewellers back on strike, shops shut for three days over excise duty

摘要

Jewellers and bullion traders in several parts of the country, including Delhi, on Monday resumed their strike, demanding a rollback of the 1% excise duty on non-silver jewellery. Most of the shops and jewellery showrooms remained closed on Monday in the national capital and other major cities, according to vice-president of the All India Sarafa Association, Surinder Kumar Jain.