New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- The Gems & Jewellery industry needs to re-think, re-orient & re-design its practices and processes to become self-reliant which will lead to further progress, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

While addressing CII's Digital Gems & Jewellery Conference on Self-Reliance in Jewellery: Mining, Manufacturing & Markets, the union minister said that Gem & Jewellery sector, through its consciousness about quality & price competitiveness, has been able to penetrate markets of USA, UAE, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc, and India is today well recognised the world over for its gem & jewellery sector, for the- charm they bring to products - cost effectiveness - cons...