Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Ranaghat Gold and Silver Jewellery |
| 2 | Place | Ranaghat |
| 3 | District | Nadia |
| 4 | State | West Bengal |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 700 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 2100 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 1207 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | The Gem & Jewellery Export promotion Council (GJEPC) |
| 9 | Major products | Hand-made gold & silver jewellery ornaments |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
University of Kalyani, Deptt. of Chemistry, Kalyani, Nadia Scientific Instrumentation centre, Kalyani |
| 11 | Major markets | Domestic |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Market is not able to spread due to lack of modern design. Dependence of traditional, dated technology. High priced local purchase is risk-full for the Jewellery ornaments. The innovation of the artisans is not up the mark as per demand. The skill of the artisans are become stagnant condition Fragmented industry structure lack of scale efficiencies. Low levels of general awareness among manufacturing community. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR prepared by EDII, Kolkata, 2007 |