Consumers are urging that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) make hallmarking for silver jewellery mandatory, stated Minister Pralhad Jos...

Currently BIS hallmarking is mandatory for sale of gold jewellery in the country.

India expanded its mandatory gold hallmarking program to 18 more districts, bringing the total to 361. Since launching in June 2021, over 4...

Hallmarking on gold is not mandatory: The jewellers are required to sell hallmarked gold jewellery as per law. However, certain exceptions ...

The state-wise list of newly added 55 districts under the mandatory hallmarking is available on the website of the Bureau of Indian Standar...

The registration of jewellers was made free and valid for lifetime. Hallmark Unique Identification (HUID) based hallmarking portal was laun...

Consumers through BIS Care app, can view the details of hallmarked jewellery such as type of jewellery, purity, name of assaying and hallma...

Hallmarking, a quality certification, has been made mandatory with effect from June 23, 2021 for 14, 18, and 22 carat gold jewellery and ar...

The press release also stated that gold of additional carats 20, 23 and 24 will be allowed for hallmarking. Say, if you buy gold bangles of...

Mandatory gold hallmarking has come into force from June 16 in a phased manner. The government has identified 256 districts from 28 states ...

Mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts came into force from June 16 in a phased manner, and the first phase will cover 256 d...

The Centre, in November 2019, had announced that hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be made mandatory across the country fro...

BIS hallmarking has been made mandatory for gold jewellery of 14, 18 and 22 carat sold from June 1. Failure to comply could attract a penal...

"We have always been supportive of mandatory hallmarking and it will help in making the industry organised, compliant and will improve the ...

As per the notification, only a registered jewellers will be allowed to sell the hallmarked gold articles through certified sales outlets.

While the mandatory hallmarking guidelines were approved by the government in 2000, their effective implementation was deferred until now.

To protect consumers from unscrupulous jewellers, the CAG has advised the government to enforce compulsory hallmarking of gold jewellery.