22k gold rate today on Akshaya Tritiya 2026: Check 24k, 22k, 18k gold prices (April 19, 2026) in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and other citiesAkshaya Tritiya, April 19, 2026, is here. This auspicious day is ideal for gold purchases and new beginnings. Families traditionally invest...
19 Apr, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
Akshaya Tritiya 2026 date and time: Check city-wise muhurat timings for gold buyingAkshaya Tritiya, a festival believed to bring wealth, sees a surge in gold purchases, with demand often rising a week prior. This year, the...
18 Apr, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
Looking for replacement of your old gold jewellery after unprecedented price rise? 6 factors you must check before going for new hallmarked pieceWith gold prices rising, consumers are increasingly exchanging old jewellery for hallmarked pieces to ensure purity and better resale value...
12 Feb, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
18 carat gold rate today: As gold prices rise, here's how much you will pay for 10 gm 18K gold18 carat gold is not the purest form of the yellow metal but a lot of people purchase it because of its affordability as it is cheaper than...
10 Oct, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
Centre assessing feasibility of mandatory BIS standards on silver: MinisterCurrently BIS hallmarking is mandatory for sale of gold jewellery in the country.
06 Jan, 2025, 06.07 PM IST
Purchase gold wisely this Dhanteras: Govt urges festive shoppers to buy BIS hallmarked gold jewelleryHow to check purity of gold: Hallmarking in gold jewellery involves three markings: the BIS Standard Mark, the purity of gold expressed in ...
29 Oct, 2024, 12.51 PM IST
How to check purity of gold jewellery? Three signs to check for hallmarkingGold jewellery hallmarking: If you are buying gold jewellery, then it is important to ensure that it is hallmarked. This is because hallmar...
21 Oct, 2024, 01.21 PM IST
Check purity of gold using BIS app: Here’s a step-by-step guide to check gold hallmarkingHow to check puity of gold: Customers can get their samples or jewels checked at any BIS-Recognized Assaying & Hallmarking Centre. Also, th...
04 May, 2024, 02.51 PM IST
Three signs to check for purity of gold of BIS hallmarked jewelleryThe government has not only made hallmarking of gold mandatory but has also revised the symbols of hallmarking to be inscribed on gold. It ...
23 Oct, 2023, 01.17 PM IST
Holding old, un-hallmarked gold jewellery? Here's what you can doIt is mandatory for jewellers to sell only BIS hallmarked gold jewellery with 6 digit HUID number. Further, the hallmarking symbols have be...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.58 PM IST
Gold jewellery with 6-digit HUID number can be sold from April 1, 2023: What it means for consumersHUID stands for Hallmark Unique Identification. It was introduced as part of the BIS hallmarking symbols on the gold jewellery from July 1,...
20 Oct, 2023, 11.09 AM IST
14 important FAQs answered on gold hallmarkingTwo precious metals, gold and silver, have been brought under the ambit of Hallmarking in India. The BIS website has a list of frequently a...
29 Apr, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
How to check purity of goldHow to check if the gold that you have purchased is pure or not. For this, the Bureau of Indian Standards, a government body, certifies the...
02 Nov, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
BIS appeals to jewellers to reconsider Monday’s strikeThe pace of hallmarking has gathered momentum with almost 10 million pieces of jewellery having been hallmarked since it became mandatory o...
21 Aug, 2021, 10.44 PM IST
Look for these four signs of purity while buying goldTo certify the purity of gold jewellery, BIS does hallmarking on the gold jewellery. BIS hallmarking consists of four components.
24 Jun, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory now. Here's what you need to knowThe way you buy gold changed from January 15 as hallmarking has now become mandatory. There are four components that you should look for on...
17 Jan, 2020, 01.39 PM IST
More hallmarking centres to come up with about 100 centres submitting applications to BISIn 2015-16, about 370 lakh jewellery pieces weighing 500 tonnes were hallmarked at the 375 BIS-recognised hallmarking centres in the countr...
08 Aug, 2016, 01.14 AM IST