Hallmark Jewellery

Centre planning hallmarking of gold bullion mandatory, says BIS

BIS also plans to bring gold bullion under mandatory hallmarking. Draft guidelines have already been prepared

BIS conducts raids across Maharashtra to crack down on hallmarked jewellery

2.75 kg gold worth Rs 1.5 cr seized from outlets in Mumbai's Zaveri Bazar; Nagpur, Pune and Thane anong other cities targeted

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

Planning to buy gold this Dhanteras? Check price, purity and hallmarking

The price of the gold depends on the karat which is a measurement of the purity of a piece of gold

Gold standard of hallmarking purity is now just a click away: Here's how

Download BIS Care app, use 'verify HUID' to check authenticity

Reforms in jewellery sector to help achieve $ 43.75 bn export target: Patel

Introduction of reforms for the gems and jewellery industry would help push its growth rate and achieve $43.75 billion exports target for this fiscal year, Union Minister Anupriya Patel said.

Three standards for hallmarked gold not enough, need more, say Jewellers

In view of the disruption in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, they also urged the government to extend the next year's deadline for mandatory hallmarking.

BIS proposes compulsory registration for selling hallmarked jewellery

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has moved a step closer to mandatory selling of hallmarked jewellery. Two weeks earlier, it issued draft rules which propose compulsory registration for jewellers with BIS.Sources say it has been decided that "once jewellers' registration with BIS is done, the next move will be to mandate that only hallmarked jewellery can be sold". However, this would kill the business of online jewellery sales, as BIS registration is given to physical premises. Various trade and industry bodies have made representations on this, including the Indian Association of Hallmarking Centers. There have been assurances that some way will be found to allow online sale of hallmarked jewellery. At present, 25,000 jewellers have a licence from BIS for selling jewellery. If nthe Draft BIS Hallmarking Regulations are implemented in the proposed form, "over 300,000 jewellery retailers/stores will have to individually register with BIS and pay an annual fee", said an industry ...