"India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently announced formation of ‘Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India ((GJSCI) to ease the ever deficient skilled manpower in the sector.  With its prime goal to generate new skills and upgrade existing skills the GJEPC will work in cooperation with various Indian training institutes including Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and Indian Gemological Institute (IGI)...."

"Despite global economic slowdown, the market for coloured gemstones is picking up strongly given their ever-scarcer supply and rising diamond prices, industry leader notes. 'The coloured gemstone market has simply improved too much,' says Constantin Wild, president of W. Constantin Wild & Co, reputed gemstone cutter and dealer founded in 1847 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany...."