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
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 ...
04 Sep, 2025, 06.17 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
Holding old, un-hallmarked gold jewellery? Here's what you can doIt is mandatory for jewellers to sell only BIS hallmarked gold jewellery with 6 digit HUID number. Further, the hallmarking symbols have be...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.58 PM IST
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...
20 Oct, 2023, 01.24 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
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 jewellery hallmarking picking up significantly in India: GJEPCConsumers through BIS Care app, can view the details of hallmarked jewellery such as type of jewellery, purity, name of assaying and hallma...
12 Jan, 2022, 06.32 PM IST
As mandatory hallmarking draws near, number of registered jewellers surgesThe total number of items hallmarked between July 1 and November 15 were 3.89 crore. At the present pace, the World Gold Council estimates ...
01 Dec, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
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...
21 Aug, 2021, 10.44 PM IST
Pace of gold jewellery hallmarking shoots up after becoming mandatoryUday Shinde, president, Indian Association of Hallmarking Centres told ET, “In August, the hallmarking centres have been able to hallmark 4...
10 Aug, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
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...
24 May, 2021, 07.22 PM IST
Leading retailers step up gold jewellery hallmarking ahead of deadlineBIS 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...
01 Mar, 2021, 01.00 PM IST