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Check Six Digit Alphanumeric Code Before Buying Jewellery: BIS
On the occasion of Dhanteras and the forthcoming Diwali celebration, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) of the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is part of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, has urged people to buy hallmarked ...
Gold Hallmarking System In India And Its Importance
Traditionally gold has been a popular investment option for Indians because of its intrinsic value and reverence attached during auspicious occasions. Gold has some utilities in the industrial sector but mostly it is used to make jewelleries or ornaments. Gold as ...
Why Are Jewellers On A Token Strike Today?
Upset with the new hallmarking rules and regulations, Indian gold jewellers are on a token strike today on 23rd August. The 'National Taskforce on Hallmarking' consisting 350 jewellers' associations and federations is against the 'arbitrarily implemented' hallmarking process by the Bureau ...
Govt Launches Online Registration & Renewal Of Gold Hallmarking Centres
On Friday, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan launched an online system for registration and renewal of licence of gold assaying and hallmarking centres. The online mode will bring ease-of-doing-business for both the jewellers and entrepreneurs who have established hallmarking centres ...
Gold Jewellery Mandatory Hallmarking Deadline Extended
In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has extended the deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts by over four months. The deadline has been extended to 1 June 2021 from the earlier deadline of 15 January 2021, ...
New Gold Hallmarking Rules: 5 Things To Know
On 14 January, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution issued a notification on making Gold Hallmarking mandatory. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the purpose of making hallmarking mandatory for gold jewellery and artefacts is to ensure ...
BIS To Frame Hallmark Standards For 24 Carat Gold Jewellery
State-run Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been asked to frame hallmarking standards for jewellery made from 24-carat gold, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today. The government plans to soon make hallmarking (quality certification) of gold mandatory and is ...
Mandatory Hallmarking Of Jewellery Not Far Away: BIS
BIS or Bureau of Indian Standards that certifies product quality from textile to electronics to agricultural produce will soon include jewellery in its scope. And as the provisions by the BIS Act have been notified for becoming effective since October ...
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