Govt to mandate jewellery hallmark standards in 43 more districts

The standards authority has also increased the number of referral labs from 4 to 7 in FY23

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will add 43 more districts to mandate the jewellery hallmark standards. At present, hallmarking of jewellery items are mandatory in around 288 districts across the country. 

“District coverage is increasing in terms of hallmarking of products. More 43 districts will be added under mandatory compliance of hallmark standards,” said Pramod Kumar Tiwari, director general, BIS.

He also said that post the implementation of the standards, a very less percentage of jewellery was found to be failing the compliance test in a very marginal way.

During the financial year 2022-2023, the number of operative jewellers