He said the decision to set up a task force by the Reserve Bank of India and a relief package to the diamond industry was finalised by the Central government a fortnight ago.

As part of the package, the Central government has also decided to waive customs duty and several measures to help the diamond industry. This was conveyed to both Congress and BJP MPs by the Commerce Minister.

But the Gujarat government has issued a misleading release taking credit for the Central initiatives to help the diamond industry.

Gohil said it was the responsibility of the state government to provide relief and rehabilitation of diamond industry, but it did nothing to bailout the ailing industry.

He said while the Central government had waived customs duty from raw diamonds, the state government had not reduced the electricity tariff for the diamond industry, though it extended largesse to Tata Motors for its Nano car project.