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- BIS plans phased move towards mandatory silver hallmarkingThe Bureau of Indian Standards is studying mandatory hallmarking for silver. This move aims to ensure purity for buyers. Silver hallmarking...
- 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...
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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...
- Government introduces voluntary silver jewellery hallmarking with digital traceabilityThe government is set to launch voluntary hallmarking for silver items from September 1. This move includes a digital ID system for purity ...
- 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...
- Gold hallmarking still not available in 63% districtsIn the first phase, which was rolled out on June 1, 2021, hallmarking of 14, 18 and 22 carat jewellery was made mandatory. At present, out ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- BIS launches gold hallmarking awareness campaignBureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Thursday launched their latest campaign to create awareness amongst consumers to buy hallmarked gold du...
- Industry seeks BIS amendment for proper gold hallmarkingWGC study found that there are widespread differences in purity and an average under-caratage of anywhere from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
- Centre plans to have gold hallmarking in metrosConsumer affairs ministry intends to make it mandatory for jewellers in metros to have their gold certified in these four cities to begin w...
- Over 9,000 hallmark licences issued by BISIn a bid to ensure quality of ornaments for common consumers, BIS has so far issued 9,156 licences for gold jewellery and 537 for silver je...
- Gold certification ensures value for moneyIn a move that is welcome, the government has cleared the proposal to make hallmarking of gold compulsory.
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