Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Domjur Gems and Jewellery |
| 2 | Place | Domjur |
| 3 | District | Howrah |
| 4 | State | West Bengal |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 3010 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 24000 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs.12500 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Domjur Swarna Roupya Shilpi Samity |
| 9 | Major products | Gem studded gold ornaments Gold chain Gold ball |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NIFT Indian Diamond Institute (Surat), Jewellery Design & Training Institute (Noida), The Gemological Institute of India (Mumbai), Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ) in Mumbai |
| 11 | Major markets | Domestic Europe, Middle-East Asian Countries |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Need for high working capital for doing job work Risk in transportation Lack of technical up gradation reduces productivity and quality Fully traditional market linkages - no linkage with modern marketing avenues No technical institute No linkage with technical and promotional institution outside cluster Usage of charcoal fire furnace increase health hazards as also in appropriate illumination Lack of basic entrepreneurial tools and techniques Impure gold leads to quality problem |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR prepared by DIC, Howrah, 2010 |