Include LGDs under the PLI scheme!
Piyush Goyal chaired a meeting on the LGDs, GJEPC officials remained present at a meeting GJEPC officials were present at a meeting on the lab-grown diamond (LGD) industry chaired by the Union Minister for Commerce & Industry; Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on 17th May, 2022. B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, MOC&I; Vipul Bansal, Joint Secretary, MOC&I; and R. Arulanandan, Director, DOC were present in the meeting. The industry was represented by Colin Shah, Chairman, GJEPC; Dinesh Navadiya, Regional Chairman (Gujarat), GJEPC; Naresh Lathiya, Convener, Lab-Grown Committee, GJEPC; Manish Jiwani, Co-Convener, Diamond & Lab-Grown Diamond, GJEPC; and Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director, GJEPC among others. Colin Shah, gave a presentation on the status of the LGD industry, the current market scenario and the potential for growth. The discussions also encompassed a proposal to include development of LGD machi