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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 THE GEM & JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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Exemplary Service To The Industry
Membership
To provide hurdle free and timely services to its members
online membership application through the GJEPC website
was started in the year 2011. Taking it to the next phase the
digitally signed membership certificate was made available
online from 1st January 2015. The members will be able to
get the print of Membership Certificate from their dash
board by using their login & password.
GJEPC is also in the final stages of implementation of online
payment gateway. Shortly the members will able to make the
payment online.
GJEPC has also started issuance of members identity cards
to all its members. The photo ID card is issued to all the
Partners, Director, Proprietor as the case may be, free of cost,
this card is valid till the membership is active. The application
for the applying the membership card is available to members
on their dash board.
The membership department of the Council started functioning
since inception of the Council. The objective of the department
is to provide hurdle free services to all the members of GJEPC
irrespective of the size of the business whether large business
houses or MSME sector. With its Head Office in Mumbai &
Regional Offices in Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata & Surat,
this year the total strength of the GJEPC members based all
over India crossed over 6000 numbers.
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The Secretariat
The secretariat is constantly involved in creating a conducive environment for doing business (ease of doing
business) for the industry by introducing new processes and polices as per the changing market scenario. As
members form the back-bone of the Council, all its efforts are focused on facilitating its members in various
ways through diverse activities and platforms.
The Council, as mandated by the Government of India, is the nodal agency for the Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme (KPCS), and plays a key role in maintaining the data and paperwork of the flow of all diamonds certified
as “conflict-free” going in and out of the country.
Council is also exploring the possibility of extending the
additional services linked to membership card like entry at IIJS
and other events of the Council, SMS gateway for verifying the
validity of the card etc,
