URL copied Budget 2021: Gems, jewellery industry seeks cut in import duty, GST The gem and jewellery industry has a lot expectation from the Modi government in the upcoming Union Budget 2021-22. The industry wants the Centre to reduce customs duty on gold, withdraw of tax collected at source (TCS), cut in import duty on polished precious and semi-precious gemstones. According to Ashish Pethe, the chairman of All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the government should assess the adverse impact of higher import duty on the jewellery trade and suggested to cut the customs duty to 4 per cent from the current 12.5 per cent.Â