Jewellers strike enters 12th day over excise duty-NewsX

India's gold jewellers continue to strike. Today the strike has entered the 12th day, this over government's decision of excise duty levy on all non-branded gold jewellery. Indian jewelers went on their first strike in seven years on the 17th of March to protest a doubling of taxes on gold imports to 4% and a 1% excise duty on jewelry in the government's budget plan for 2012 that starts in April.

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