Gem & Jewellery industry will play a key role in making Maharashtra USD 1 trillion economy: Dr. Devendra Fadnavis Dy. Chief Minister, Maharashtra during inauguration of IIJS Signature

Maharashtra's Industries Minister Uday Samant urges GJEPC to develop indigenous gem & jewellery industry in rural India

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Gems & jewellery industry belongs to Mumbai as Mumbai accounts for 72% of the annual USD 37 bn of exports, proclaimed Dr. Devendra Fadnavis, Dy. Chief Minister of Maharashtra, while inaugurating the largest-ever IIJS Signature & IGJME 2024 twin Exhibitions organised by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO Goregaon.

For the first time ever, the New Year's first top-of-the-line design centric jewellery trade show IIJS Signature (India International Jewellery Show Signature) along with the India Gem & Jewellery Machinery Expo (IGJME) is being held at two venues in Mumbai: Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO, Goregaon (5-8 January)and JIO World Convention Centre, BKC (4-7 January).

Dr. Devendra Fadnavis was accompanied by Uday Samant, Minister of Industries, Govt. of Maharashtra at the inauguration ceremony in the presence of Reshma Lakhani, Director General, DGEP; Paul Rowley, Executive Vice President, De Beers; Sunil Nayak, CEO, Reliance Jewels; Vipul Shah Chairman, GJEPC; Kirit Bhansali, Vice Chairman, GJEPC; Nirav Bhansali (Convener, National Exhibitions, GJEPC); Sabyasachi Ray (ED, GJEPC), along with the doyens of international & Indian diamond, gem & jewellery sector.