UP is setting jewelry parks to employ migrant labors

In the state, the jewelry consumes more than 40% of the silver import into India, this will generate local employment for thousands of jewelry artisans who have returned to UP. After the lockdown triggered reverse migration, Lucknow began mapping the migrant labours. The data showed that the majority were jewelry artisans.

All India Jewelers and Goldsmiths Federation’s general secretary, Nitin Kedia said – “A Jewelry Park located between Agra, which is the hub of jewelry manufacturing, and Lucknow, which has an airport, will help in giving the industry various crucial services like banking, polishing, cutting, finding purity, and many others under one roof.”

Updated by Drishti Badole

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