The Diamond Detection and Resource Center (DDRC), the initiative of the Gem and Jewelery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and the Indian Diamond Institute (IDI), was opened the Minister of Finance of Gujarat State, Saurabh Patel and Nanubhai Vanani, the Minister of Sport, Youth, Education and Water Resources of the State. The center is equipped with the latest technology and serves to discover undisclosed and mixed with natural synthetic stones. The center will assist diamond trade representatives in ensuring fair transactions with full information about the stones, which in turn will ensure the purity of the diamond supply chain.
Welcoming the guests at the opening of the DDRC, GJEPC Deputy Chairman Pankaj Parekh said: "The Diamond and Resource Research Center was vital in Surat, and it will help to quickly find synthetic diamonds among the sets of natural stones. products at affordable prices. " He also asked the government of Gujarat to introduce a differential taxation scale for synthetic stones to help distinguish them from natural diamonds.
The DDRC project was initiated by the Natural Diamond Monitoring Committee of India (NDMC), an organization formed by GJEPC, the Mumbai Diamond Merchant Association (MDMA) and the All India Gem & Jewry Federation (All India Gem & Jewelery Trade Federation, GJF), as well as the Indian Diamond Exchange (Bharat Diamond Bourse, BDB). The first such center was opened in BDB in Mumbai and managed by the Gemmological Institute of India (Gemmological Institute of India, GII). DDRC uses the newest Automated Melee Sorting (AMS) system, created by De Beers, which can quickly identify synthetic stones in batches of small stones ranging in size from 0.01 to 0.20 carats at an affordable price. Besides,
Addressing the audience at the opening ceremony, Patel said that mixing synthetic diamonds with natural stones is akin to a disease that damages the image of the industry and the whole country. He spoke about the initiative of GJEPC and IDI as an important step towards preventing this disease, which will not allow it to become an epidemic.