Jewellers' excise duty protest extends to day 15
Gold and jewellery establishments across the country remained closed for the 15th day on Wednesday as traders are protesting the Budget proposal to levy 1% excise duty on non-silver jewellery. Jewellers also opposed mandatory quoting of PAN by customers for transactions of ₹2 lakh and above. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had on Monday ruled out the rollback of the same.