All that glitters is jewellers’ strike

Jewellers across India started a three-day strike on Wednesday in a bid to force the government to shelve plans for a controversial excise tax announced in the union budget this week.In this picture, a jewellery shop in Delhi is seen. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

Updated on: Mar 02, 2016 8:43 PM IST

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Jewellers across India started a three-day strike on Wednesday in a bid to force the government to shelve plans for a controversial excise tax announced in the union budget this week.In this picture, a jewellery shop in Delhi is seen. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

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Employees of a jewellery showroom in Delhi wait for customers. Finance minister Arun Jaitley has proposed to reintroduce a one-percent levy on some jewellery transactions, angering the industry. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

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At Gold Souk Mall in Gurgaon, customers found jewellery shops shut for the strike. Jewellers say the planned tax will damage growth as it will make certain purchases more expensive for buyers. (Abhinav Saha/HT Photo)

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Gurgaon’s Gold Souk Mall has more than 75 jewellery and diamond shops, which shut down in support of the nationwide strike. (Abhinav Saha/HT Photo)

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Closed shops at Gold Souk Mall. Jewellers hope their shutdown, which runs until Friday, will be as successful as a three-week nationwide strike in 2012, which forced the UPA government to drop its plans for an excise tax. (Abhinav Saha/HT Photo)

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Jewellers in Karol Bagh, Delhi’s jewellery business hub, shout slogans against a government proposal to reintroduce a one-percent levy on some jewellery transactions. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

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Jewellers in Karol Bagh gather to listen speeches against the proposal. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

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Jewellers in Karol Bagh, Delhi’s jewellery business hub, say the one-percent levy will scare away customers. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

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Karol Bagh, usually bustling with customers, had a quiet day because of the strike. (Information about the strike from AFP.) (Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)