Consumers can now get the purity of their un-hallmarked gold jewellery tested at assaying facilities recognised by the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS). The charges for testing gold jewellery up to four articles will be Rs 200. For five or more articles, the charges will be Rs 45 per article, according to an official statement.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs said mandatory hallmarking has been successfully implemented, wherein three lakh gold articles are being hallmarked with HUID every day.

BIS has now made provision to allow a common consumer to get the purity of their un-hallmarked gold jewellery tested at any of the BIS recognized Assaying and Hallmarking Centres. The AHC should undertake the testing of gold jewellery from common consumers on priority and provide a test report to the consumer, it added, the statement added.

"The test report issued to the consumer will assure consumers about the purity of their jewellery and will also be useful if consumers wish to sell the jewellery lying with them,” it said.

The authenticity and purity of the hallmarked gold jewellery items with HUID number, purchased by consumers, can also be verified by using 'verify HUID' in BIS CARE app, which can be downloaded from the Play Store.