Jewellers hold protest march against excise duty proposal

Jewellers carried out a protest march here today to demand rollback of the Budget proposal to levy 1 per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery.
The jewellers, under the banner of Haryana Jewellers Association, took out the protest march from Sarafa Bazar in Ambala City to GT Road, where they burnt an effigy of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The association's spokesman Rajesh Luthra said the jewellers have been sitting on a chain fast for the last one week and have suffered huge losses as their shops have been shut for the last 10 days.
He said the agitation will continue till the government accepts their demands.