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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 THE GEM & JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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GEM & JEWELLERY PARK
The gem and jewellery industry has continuously strived to
both expand its reach and depth in its promotional activities
as well as widen and increase sevice to its members.
With the success of SEEPZ and Bharat Diamond Bourse
in integrating the industry’s manufcatruing for exports and
trading of diamonds, a need has been envisaged to integrate
the SME manufacturers of handmade plain gold jewellery
and diamonds under one roof espaecially that of Mumbai
and the state of Maharashtra.
Keeping this in mind the Council is planning to develop a
state fo the art gems and jewellery park at the financial capital
was incorporated under the name of “G&J KYC Information
Centre” a not for profit company.
The platform currently covers the following functionality:
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Dashboard
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Creating and managing one’s own profile
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Uploading the various documents for the profile
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Sending and receiving connections
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Managing one’s connections and taking prints of the
KYC form
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Managing the users within an organisation
COMMON FACILITY CENTRES
The setting up of Common Facility Centers is an ambitious
project of GJEPC and also a “Make in India” initiative. The
CFC scheme was proposed to benefit small & medium
diamond manufacturing units located in towns and interior
villages. Most of these units were operating with old and
outdated technology, as they were not in a position to
make the investments necessary for installing state-of-the-
art equipment. This has resulted in lower productivity and
affected quality to an extent.
The Ministry of Commerce has released a grant of Rs. 48
lac in two installment of the grants and the Project Steering
Committee has initiated the project execution process.
The Indian Diamond Institute is appointed as the Project
Management Consultant for CFC Phase – I centers i. e.
Visnagar, Amreli, Ahmedabad and Palanpur in Gujarat. The
GJEPC will set up first Centre at Visnagar, Gujarat as a pilot
project and balance 3 centers will be set up simultaneously
after the successful implementation of first center at Visnagar.
As per the projected timeline first centre will be ready by
September, 2016 and remaining three centers will be ready
by March, 2017.
The setting up of CFCs not only help the artis ans of villages
and towns with technology transformation but also result in
to a social transformation. The better infrastructure facility
and State-of-art machineries will result in to product quality
improvement and yield, timely delivery of orders, capacity
building and skill enhancement by imparting training will
boost the export of the sector from the region.
of India, Mumbai that will be the first of its kind in the country
which could be a great asset for domestic/international
gems and jewellery industry. It will be equipped with the best
technology and machines with higher efficiency and better
work culture that will bring a difference to the buisness of
gems and jewellery in terms of quantity and quality of work
standards and environment. As industrial park has beocme
the integral part of the business model for leading sectors all
over the world and does create a huge platform between
countries to enhance business and trade development which
indirectly benefits to the state and governments share of total
eocnomic benefits. Main thrust of this jewellery park will be
to give convenient manufacturing place to handmade and
small scale sector.
It is understood that some Govt like West Bengal has
taken initiative in developing Jewellery Park like the one in
Ankurhati. In Jaipur also the Sitapura is developed as a full-
fledged jewellery park.
The first such jewellery park is being developed at Mumbai
to encourage the local handmade workers and factories
in Zaveri Bazar, Dahisar areas of Mumbai to relocate
themselves in such parks and thus develop the trade itself.
The same will require social engineering also in explaining
the workers and small scale manufacturers how such parks
will help in improving their living standard and improve
the esteem not only among them but also among the next
generation of such workers who are currently reluctant to
join the industry due to such pitiful working condition and
atmosphere in which the workers currently operate. An
example of such transformation is the Mr. Perfect scheme
undertaken by some industry player for vendor development
at their factory in Hosur, Karnataka. It has been planned
also to develop housing colonies around the jewellery park
to house the workers and help in their relocation. The
experience at creating such park at Mumbai will help us
suggesting to the govt. a full fledged jewellery park policy
handled with TUFs in line with the Textile Park or the Software
Parks as it is operational currently.
