Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 31 (ANI): After a fall in diamond exports due to lockdown, the diamond polishing industry in Gujarat's Surat is back on track after seeing the rise in demand by the end of November.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], October 9 (ANI): Surat's diamond units have decided to take the shortest-ever Diwali break of five days in the wake of the increasing demand for polished diamonds from abroad, as they slowly attempt to recover from the outbreak of COVID-19 and the restrictions impose
Surat (Gujarat) [India], October 2 (ANI): With Maharashtra continuing to report the maximum number of COVID-19 cases in the country, many diamond traders in Mumbai have started seeking greener pastures in neighbouring Gujarat's Surat where a diamond bourse is coming up in Khajod area next
Surat (Gujarat) [India], September 13 (ANI): In a noble gesture, Surat's diamond industry has given financial assistance to families of workers who died of COVID-19 or by suicide after losing jobs.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], June 23 (ANI): Despite of earlier suggestions to close the Surat's diamond industry in wake of COVID pandemic, it will continue to function as per the new norms, said Dinesh Navadiya, Gujarat region chairman, Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council on Monday.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], April 10 (ANI): Diamond merchants from the city are claiming to be bearing the brunt of GST, even after more than a year of its implementation.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], June 17 (ANI): Diamond merchants in India's diamond production hub Surat, have called for a day-long bandh today in order to push for an exemption from the three percent tax levied on polished diamonds, under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.
Surat(Gujarat), [India],Apr 24 (ANI): In an unique initiative, a Surat Diamond Association Health Committee has given a bond of Rs. 85,000 to 50 girls who are born in families which have more than one daughter.