[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 2, 2025, hundreds of workers from Sahajanand Exports staged a peaceful protest in Navsari, Gujarat, demanding higher wages, organized by the Diamond Workers Union Gujarat. The demonstration represents low-severity labor unrest in India's diamond processing sector.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. If confirmed and if labor disputes spread across Gujarat's diamond cutting industry, production delays could emerge given the state's significant role in global diamond processing, though the peaceful nature and wage-focused demands suggest limited immediate disruption risk.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of labor actions to other diamond processing facilities across Gujarat
• Track whether wage negotiations progress or stall, potentially triggering broader industrial action