<h1>Skill development in gem and jewellery enhances rural employment via institutional training and workforce transition.</h1> The Gem & Jewellery sector directly contributes to job creation by employing rural workers and persons from non industry backgrounds through training; GJEPC is opening an IIGJ extension campus in Varanasi to institutionalise vocational training under the Skill India initiative, preserve local craftsmanship, and support workforce transition into a sector that now provides employment to about three million people.