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DIAMOND WORKERS IN SURAT
Congress bats for diamond workersCongress is demanding safeguards for Surat's diamond workers as the industry grapples with the rise of lab-grown diamonds. Jairam Ramesh, C...05 Nov, 2024, 11.49 PM IST- 20,000 jobs lost in Surat as diamond demand fadesSurat, the main centre of India's diamond industry, offers employment to some 800,000 workers in its 4,000-odd cutting and polishing units....06 Jan, 2023, 12.50 AM IST
- Ukraine war robs India's 'Diamond City' of its sparkleRussian mining giants like Alrosa traditionally accounted for over a third of India's rough diamonds, but supply has all but stopped becaus...26 Jun, 2022, 08.39 AM IST
- Lab-grown diamonds come to the rescue of 2.5 lakh workers in SuratExports of lab-grown diamonds have increased by 108.27 per cent in FY22 as compared to FY21. The diamond trade has also urged the commerce ...15 Jun, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
- Ukraine impact: About 250,000 workers in Surat's diamond units sent on leave, job losses loomThe US Treasury had slapped sanctions on Alrosa on April 8, potentially cutting off about 30% of the world's supply of rough diamonds.19 May, 2022, 05.05 AM IST
- Nearly 30,000 women join diamond trade in Surat, Saurashtra since April“Women were steadily coming into diamond cutting and polishing over the last five years. But the flow has increased post-Covid as they want...09 Aug, 2021, 10.07 AM IST
- Migrant workers return to Surat's diamond quartersDiamond production, which had dwindled by 30% in the first half of May, has recovered and leading diamond exporters say that production is ...26 May, 2021, 08.41 PM IST
- Gujarat: No impact of COVID-19 on Surat's diamond industryMajority of workers have migrated here from Saurashtra and north Gujarat, while only 10 per cent are from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and...16 Apr, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
- Surging Covid-19 cases a cause for concern for Surat’s diamond workersThe industry fears another lockdown would impact production and about 20 million migrants who had returned to the diamond hub after restric...23 Mar, 2021, 05.31 PM IST
- Surat's diamond industry workers say no to Diwali holidays as demand revivesTraditionally, workers in Surat get a fortnight to a month-long holiday for Diwali, said industry executives.21 Sep, 2020, 04.26 PM IST
- COVID-19: Surat's 8 diamond firms partly shut after positive casesThe Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) said that it has ordered closure of certain floors and departments of these eight diamond units locat...13 Jun, 2020, 02.19 PM IST
- Labour union soon to be a reality of the diamond industryDiamond Workers’ Union (DWU), registered with labour department in Gujarat, has begun to enroll diamond workers as members in a five-month ...06 Apr, 2019, 11.30 AM IST
- Diamond sparkles on renewed demandA revival of demand for polished diamonds may be putting the Rs 80,000-crore Indian diamond industry back on track, after a downturn that s...24 Apr, 2009, 04.13 AM IST
- 70% diamond units reopen in Surat after Govt interventionIntervention of the state government seems to have paid off for the diamond units in Surat as around 70 per cent reopened today after nearl...22 Dec, 2008, 10.23 PM IST
- 70 pc diamond units reopen in Surat after Govt interventionIntervention of the state government seems to have paid off for diamond units in Surat as around 70 per cent reopened on Monday after nearl...22 Dec, 2008, 08.58 PM IST
- Diamond workers go striking, demand increase in wagesDiamond workers in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Amreli districts went striking demanding parity in wages after a 20 per cent hike was declared by ...05 Jul, 2008, 03.56 PM IST
- Workers of Diamond industry in Surat demand rise in wagesHundreds of workers engaged in cutting and polishing of diamonds in Surat took to streets and pelted stones on diamond factories as their w...02 Jul, 2008, 01.52 PM IST
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