Jewellers today temporarily called off their 42-day strike after the government's assurance that there will be no harassment by excise officials. <br/><br/>All India Jewellers Action Committee Chairman said in New Delhi that strike has been called off till 24th of April.<br/><br/>The Jewellers had gone on the strike demanding rollback of proposed excise duty of one per cent on non-silver jewellery. <br/><br/>Over three lakh jewellers from more than 300 associations kept their establishments closed across the country since 2nd of March.<br/><br/>The Centre has already constituted a panel under former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahri to look into the demands of the jewellers. <br/><br/>The panel will look into issues related to compliance procedure for the excise duty, including records to be maintained, forms to be filled, operating procedures and other relevant issues.

Jewellers today temporarily called off their 42-day strike after the government's assurance that there will be no harassment by excise officials.<br/><br/>All India Jewellers Action Committee Chairman said in New Delhi that strike has been called off till 24th of April. The Jewellers had gone on the strike demanding rollback of proposed excise duty of one per cent on non-silver jewellery.<br/><br/>Over three lakh jewellers from more than 300 associations kept their establishments closed across the country since 2nd of March.The Centre has already constituted a panel under former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahri to look into the demands of the jewellers.<br/><br/>The panel will look into issues related to compliance procedure for the excise duty, including records to be maintained, forms to be filled, operating procedures and other relevant issues.