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
Deepa Jewellers, Cotec Healthcare receive Sebi approval for IPOsDeepa Jewellers, a B2B hallmarked gold jewellery processor based in Hyderabad, and Cotec Healthcare, a pharmaceutical CDMO, both received S...
22 May, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
Jewellery brands rapidly expand footprint in leading mallsJewellery stores are now major anchors in Indian malls, occupying nearly 10% of space. This trend is set to continue, reinforcing jewellery...
14 May, 2026, 05.06 PM IST
Explained: What NSE's Electronic Gold Receipts mean for yellow metal investorsNSE’s Electronic Gold Receipts (EGRs) offer investors a regulated and fully digital way to own and trade physical gold without storage or p...
07 May, 2026, 12.33 PM 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
Govt considering mandatory hallmarking for gold bullionThe Indian government is considering mandatory hallmarking for gold bullion, following the successful implementation for jewelry. This aims...
06 Dec, 2024, 02.26 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
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
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
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
Govt plans to make hallmarking of gold bullion mandatory: BIS chiefGold bullion is used as a raw material for manufacturing of jewellery and its purity is paramount, considering the large volume of jeweller...
06 Mar, 2023, 08.38 PM 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
Gold hallmarking becomes mandatory but with several exemptionsThe 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...
02 Nov, 2021, 10.32 AM 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
Jewellers want more hallmarking centres to be set upThere are 860 hallmarking centres in the country. Each of these centres can handle 2000 pieces of gold jewellery per day. In FY19, around 4...
03 Dec, 2019, 04.45 PM IST
Make gold hallmarking mandatory: CAG to GovernmentTo protect consumers from unscrupulous jewellers, the CAG has advised the government to enforce compulsory hallmarking of gold jewellery.
30 Aug, 2012, 03.29 PM IST