The Indian government has decided to make gold jewellery hallmarking mandatory. The hallmarking system will facilitate stringent quality checks to check that the purity of gold is upheld.%%Some jewelers in India proposed to adopt a process of self-certification but the proposal was declined by the authorities who thought Indian markets are not mature enough for this approach.%%The time India becomes a credible market and a member of Vienna gold convention, there is great potential for the global share of exports to come here, said Labanyendu Mansingh, Secretary for the Ministry of Consumer Affairs.%%It is certain that such credibility is only possible through hallmarking scheme which will become compulsory from January 2008.