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Voluntary-based silver hallmarking under revised rules begins; here’s how you can check silver purityStarting September 1, 2025, India implements HUID-based hallmarking for silver jewellery and articles on a voluntary basis, according to th...
Can you sell your old, un-hallmarked gold jewellery as 24KT gold prices near Rs 1 lakh?With gold prices hovering around Rs 1 lakh for 10 grams, many consumers are considering exchanging or selling their old ornaments to capita...
Is hallmarking mandatory for silver jewellery, coins?The government has made hallmarking mandatory for gold jewelley. Further, jewellers can only sell hallmarked gold jewellery irrespective of...
Gold hallmarking is not mandatory for these commonly bought articlesHallmarking has become mandatory for gold jewellery from June 16, 2021. The government introduced new symbols for hallmarked gold jewellery...
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...
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...
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...
Govt issues guidelines on exemptions for gold jewellery, artifacts hallmarkingThis announcement has come at the back of the numerous requests made on the export and re-import rules with respect to the trade policy.
Hallmarking row: No effect of strike, says government; but jewellers disagreeThe Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is implementing a mandatory gold hallmarking system—called Hallmarking Unique ID (HUID)—in the country...
New gold hallmarking rule silent on antique jewellery: Gold tradersThe rule that came into effect on June 15 requires old gold to be melted and remade before it is resold. Leading jewellers and gold trade e...
400 new gold jewellery hallmarking centres to come up by end of next month“The government has said that hallmarking will become mandatory from June 1. So, we too, are coming up with an adequate number of hallmarki...
Compulsory gold hallmarking: Early response is tepidThe deadline jewellers given a year since Jan 15 to register with the Bureau of Indian Standards.
Hallmarking now a must for gold jewellersThe rule is mandatory from today but jewellers get a year's time to register with BIS, clear their old stock.
Enabling provision for mandatory hallmarking of gold kicks in from October 12Currently, hallmarking of jewellery is voluntary, with just 20000 of 3 lakh jewellers countrywide having a BIS license, said sources.
IBJA wants 'select' hallmarking of silverIBJA wants a similar rule to be passed for silver so that jewellery and articles that are hallmarked bears the stamp of that purity only.
Hallmarked ornaments will have to bear purity in caratage termsBIS, that’s charged with working on rules to make hallmarking compulsory, has said hallmarking of only 22, 18 and 14 carat jewellery will b...