PM Modi will be visiting Israel to represent diamond industry of Surat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he is going to Israel in July on behalf of the diamond industry of the city and exhorted those in the trade to strive to become the numero uno in gems and jewellery sector.Surat accounts for 80 per cent of polished diamonds exported from the country.” I am the first Prime Minister to go to Israel, and I’m going there on your behalf.

You have trading relations with Israel,” Mr Modi said after inaugurating a diamond polishing facility here. Earlier, he also inaugurated a hospital built by philanthropic diamond merchants of the city.The Prime Minister said the country was a leader in diamond polishing industry and it had the potential to be the numero uno in gems and jewellery sector.

“The artisan in India has the knack to develop jewellery for every season and for every section of the society,” he said.”We should concentrate on crafting jewellery not only according to what the consumer wants but also to create material that attracts them to the new design,” the Prime Minister added.