agra the agra jewellers association has decided to go on a oneday strike on friday to oppose the centres plan to make pan permanent account number card mandatory for transaction over rs 1 lakh saying it would dissuade customers from purchasing gold finance minister arun jaitley in his budget speech had announced the move with an aim to curb the use of black money the jewellers association has written a letter to jaitley urging him to scrap the plan as it would hinder their business both locally and nationwide speaking to toi rajesh hemdev convener of the association said not many in agra or in the state have a pan card since majority of the population resides in rural areas around 89 of the countrys population doesnt have a pan card speaking at a media conference last month ashok minawala director of all india gems and jewellery trade federation gjf had said only 14 crore people in the country owned a pan card the earlier rule for customers needing to furnish their pan card details was for transaction above rs 5 lakh we had no objection to the previous rule hemdev said adding that the new plan would restrict their business the government has to rethink or else jewellers across the country would go on a strike