Jewellery maker makes stunning jewellery, here they demonstrate how fragments of semi precious stone is embedded into resin to form intricate jewellery designs. Jewellery traders in Jaipur, India engaged in sourcing, manufacturing and processing of jewellery. Workers giving touches by using various tools to make a polished gemstones out of a rough crystal at a refining workshop. It involves cutting, polishing and selling precious gemstones and metals such as diamonds, gold and other precious stones. The gems and jewellery sector has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in India in the past few years. The sector has gained global popularity because of its talented craftsmen, its superior practices in cutting and polishing fine diamonds and precious stones, and its cost-efficiencies. The sector has been vital to the Indian economy as well; during 2008-09, the sector accounted for around 13% of the country’s total exports. Gold jewellery is the most preferred form of jewellery in demand in India as it is considered auspicious to purchase gold on major occasions like festivals, marriage, birth etc. Also, gold occupies the second position among all investment instruments and is considered as the safest investment option. According to the data released by the World Gold Council (WGC), India is the largest consumer of gold. In 2008, India consumed approximately 660 tonnes of gold and accounted for 22.71% of the total gold consumed all over the world, most of which was used in jewellery. Even though the gold demand remained weak, India continued to maintain its second position in the third quarter-ended 2009 as well and accounted for 20.87% of the total gold consumed all over the world. India is also one of the largest diamond processor in the world and its artisans have specialised skills in processing small diamonds (below one carat); in fact, the Indian craftsmen have achieved excellence in cutting and polishing small diamonds. However, the real uniqueness of the Indian craftsmen lies in the fact that they do most of the cutting and polishing manually which sets India apart from its other peers. India (especially, Surat and Mumbai) ranks among the ‘big four’ diamond cutting centres of the world — the other three being, Belgium (Antwerp), the US (New York) and Israel (Ramat Gan). Currently, diamonds processed in India account for 85% in volume, 92% in pieces and 60% in value of the total world diamond market. The gems and jewellery sector in India is highly export-oriented, labour-intensive and a major contributor to the foreign exchange earnings; therefore, the Indian government has declared the sector as a thrust area for export promotion. Source: https://www.dnb.co.in/IndianGemsandJewellerySector/Overview.asp This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast image
