All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council appeals to Maharashtra CM to operate this festive season

chairman GJC Ashish Pethe

All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the national apex body of the gems and jewellery industry, has written to the Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray to allow lakhs of jewellers to operate on the auspicious festive occasion of Gudi Padwa (New Year for Maharashtrians) and other summer harvest festivals such as Ugadi, Chaitra Navratri, Jhulelal Jayanti on Tuesday April 13, 2021; Mesha Sankranti, Solar New Year, Puthandu, Vishu Kani, Masik Karthigai, Ambedkar Jayanti and Baisakhi on Wednesday, April 14, 2021; and Gauri Puja, Gangaur, and Pohela Boishakha on Thursday; April 15, 2021 amongst others. 

GJC has requested thE CM of Maharashtra to give relief to jewellers, who majorly comprise MSMEs in the gem & jewellery sector and prevent jewellery lovers and retailers from being in a lockdown situation for the second year in a row (as April 2020 was also a lockdown month).GJC has requested thE CM of Maharashtra to give relief to jewellers, who majorly comprise MSMEs in the gem & jewellery sector and prevent jewellery lovers and retailers from being in a lockdown situation for the second year in a row (as April 2020 was also a lockdown month).

Satyam Mehta vice chairman GJC

GJC has also urged the Hon. CM to allow jewellers to operate during the upcoming wedding season in April-June quarter due to several auspicious dates starting mid-April (incidentally weddings are allowed even in lockdown). The new lockdown restrictions ‘Break the Chain’, imposed from 5th April 2021 till 30th April 2021, has the potential to break the backbone of every Jeweller of Maharashtra, said GJC.