India’s silver market faces purity crisis amid soaring investment demandCounterfeiters are flooding the Indian market with impure silver, exploiting rising prices and demand. Refiners are urging mandatory hallma...
26 May, 2026, 10.35 AM IST
Govt brings 9 karat gold under mandatory hallmarkingThe Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has mandated hallmarking for 9 Karat gold, effective July 2025, under BIS Amendment No. 2. This inclus...
18 Jul, 2025, 03.39 PM IST
Gold hallmarking is not mandatory for these commonly bought jewellery items: Buyers be awareHallmarking on gold is not mandatory: The jewellers are required to sell hallmarked gold jewellery as per law. However, certain exceptions ...
29 Oct, 2024, 06.02 PM IST
Buying gold jewellery this Dusshera, Diwali? How to check purity of gold jewellery using BIS appMany individuals buy gold during upcoming festivals, however, they should make sure that they buy the hallmarked jewellery and confirm the ...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.57 PM IST
Govt hikes gold, silver hallmarking charges; here are the details of new chargesThe Bureau of Indian Standards under the Department of Consumer Affairs has issued a notification announcing new charges for hallmarking go...
20 Oct, 2023, 11.15 AM IST
Gold hallmarking: What are the charges to get gold jewellery hallmarkedThe third phase of the mandatory hallmarking vide Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Third Amendment) Order, 2023 came into ...
14 Oct, 2023, 04.07 PM IST
Gold jewellery buyers to get purity hallmark on all types of gold articles from June 1, 2022The new rules for gold hallmarking will help consumers to ensure about the purity of gold at the time of buying. In the recent years, the g...
13 Oct, 2023, 01.20 PM IST
Govt permits 16k-odd jewellers to sell "declared" old gold hallmarked stock till June-end"Provided that if any person had already given declaration as required by the Bureau under sub-section 4 of section 18 of the Bureau of Ind...
31 Mar, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
You will not be able to buy this type of gold jewellery from April 1, 2023The Bureau of India Standards (BIS) will not permit the sale of hallmarked gold jewellery or artefacts after March31, 2023 if those items l...
30 Mar, 2023, 04.21 PM IST
Consumers must buy only hallmarked jewellery on Dhanteras-Diwali festival: Govt"The bill or invoice of sale of hallmarked jewellery shall indicate separately description of each article, net weight of precious metal, p...
03 Nov, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
Mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery on track, clarifies govtMandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts came into force from June 16 in a phased manner. The first phase will cover 256 distr...
20 Jul, 2021, 09.49 PM IST
Mandatory gold hallmarking: Most districts from Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra for Phase-1 implementationMandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts came into force from June 16 in a phased manner, and the first phase will cover 256 d...
12 Jul, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
Mandatory gold hallmarking to be implemented from June 1The Centre, in November 2019, had announced that hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be made mandatory across the country fro...
14 Apr, 2021, 11.31 AM IST
Jewellers welcome government's move to further extend the deadline for mandatory hallmarkingIn view of the coronavirus pandemic, the government on Monday announced the extension of a deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewel...
28 Jul, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
Deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery extended till June 1 next year: PaswanThe Centre, in November last year, had announced that hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be made mandatory across the countr...
27 Jul, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
Hallmarking to be mandatory for gold jewellery from 2021: PaswanThe department of consumer affairs will issue a notification by January 15, 2020, for making gold hallmarking mandatory.
29 Nov, 2019, 10.30 PM IST
Compulsory hallmarking of gold jewellery to kick in soonMany in the trade believe compulsory hallmarking will kick in from April.
21 Feb, 2019, 08.50 AM IST