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A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the

A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the
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India Tightens Noose Round Black Money
New Delhi: In order to check the generation of black money, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of India has notified new rules under which cash receipts and high value transactions by individuals beyond a certain threshold will have to be reported by banks and companies issuing shares or bonds to the Income Tax authorities with effect from April

Argyle Mine in Australia will exhaust by 2020
Perth: The Argyle mine in Australia, which accounts for over 90% of world production of pink diamonds, will be exhausted by 2020, online resource Businesswire reported. According to the assessment carried out by the resource, the price of pink diamonds in the past 10 years increased annually by an average of 20%. As for the cost of yellow diamonds, over

India’s E-Commerce Ind. to Cross $38 Bln. in 2016
Mumbai: India’s e-commerce market is likely to touch $38-billion-mark in 2016, a 67 per cent jump over the $23 billion revenue it clocked last year, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham). “Increasing internet and mobile penetration, growing acceptability of online payments and favourable demographics has provided the e-commerce sector in India the unique opportunity to companies

PAN Provision Becomes Effective in India
New Delhi: According to a newly imposed rule by India’s Finance Ministry, any transaction exceeding the two lakh INR barrier will require one to show the Permanent Account Number (PAN) card, starting from 1st Jan, 2016. Mr. Arun Jaitley, India’s Finance Ministry had earlier said during a Parliamentary session that it is a move to curb down India’s black money.

2nd Annual Banking Summit Held by GJEPC
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) organized second annual Diamond, Gem & Jewellery Banking Summit-2014 on Saturday, 28th June 2014 in Mumbai. At the end of the Summit, a Work-Group was formed consisting representatives of India’s diamond sector, Banks and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) to suggest solutions to improve cordial relations among them. Delivering the inaugural

Stéphane Fischler Re-Elected President of AWDC
Antwerp: On Wednesday June 25, during the first meeting of the new Board of Directors of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) the Board members reelected Stéphane Fischler as President of the AWDC. The Board of Directors also appointed Kaushik Mehta as Vice-President, representing the trade, and Freddy Inzlicht as Vice-President representing the Bourses. In 2012, the by-laws of the

No Assurance from India on Easing Gold Curbs
Mumbai: A delegation of diamond traders and representatives of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) met the Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley recently, demanding relaxation in various rules relating to gems and jewellery industry. The Finance Minister, however, remained reluctant to give any assurance on the existing gold import’s 80-20 rule, which allows only nominated agencies to import gold

Zimbabwe Running Diamond Sector like ‘Mafia’
Harare: Zimbabwean opposition politician Innocent Gonese has said that Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party needs to stop running the country’s diamond sector “like a mafia where everyone involved in the management of the gems is a thief.” The comments were made at a public forum organized by the Southern African Political and Economic Series (SAPES Trust) in Mutare, reported the
