Gold Hallmarking Initiative Sees Significant Growth in 2024, Boosting Consumer Confidence: Department of Consumer Affairs
The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has marked 2024 as a milestone year for its gold hallmarking initiative, reporting significant progress in ensuring the authenticity and quality of gold jewellery across India
Gold jewellery hallmarking now mandatory in 343 districts
The move is aimed at ensuring the quality and purity of gold jewellery and protecting the interests of consumers
Government of India Expands Mandatory Hallmarking to Additional 55 Districts In Third Phase
The Indian Government has rolled out the third phase of mandatory hallmarking in its ongoing endeavour to ensure the authenticity and purity of gold jewellery and artefacts. Effective as of 8th September, 2023, this development aims to cover an additional 55 districts under the hallmarking system
Jewellers are requesting a three-month extension to the mandatory hallmarking deadline
Around 20-25 percent of the industry's inventory still needs to be HUID hallmarked.
More than 17 crore pieces of gold jewellery hallmarked by Assaying & Hallmarking Centres in 1.5 years
Hallmarking had been made mandatory from 23 June 2021 only in 256 districts of the Country which had at least one recognized Assaying & Hallmarking Centre
Delegates from UP Sarafa Association and GJC meet ministers Rajnath Singh and Piyush Goyal
Ministers of Defence and Consumer Affairs assure No HUID number transfer in the portal
Second phase of gold hallmarking to start from June 1
The second phase of the mandatory hallmarking will cover additional three caratages of gold jewellery/artefacts such as 20, 23 and 24 carats, as mentioned in the Indian Standard IS 1417
BIS-recognized AHCs to test un-hallmarked jewellery of consumers
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
4.29 crore pieces hallmarked in July-Nov: Consumer Affairs Ministry
The government had made hallmarking mandatory from June 23 in 256 districts
BIS-registered jewellers triple due to mandatory hallmarking
The ripple effects of mandatory hallmarking are already being felt by the retail industry as the move has boosted consumer confidence in gold
Jewellers go on strike against new hallmarking rules
Jewellers say hallmarking should be based on POS, and all other applications of storage, display, transit, and so forth, except sale, should be removed from the BIS Act
National Task Committee set up to address concerns regarding hallmarking
Retail jewellery players are up in arms against the new hallmarking rules, which they consider unjust and arbitrary
HUID has been able to achieve nothing: GJC
The HUID system should only be made applicable at AHC level and should not be brought to the level of jewellers, says GJC
Chaos And Unrest In Jewellery Industry - Lack Of Clarity On The Key Aspects Related To Mandatory Hallmarking
BIS has had three meetings with around 20 members from the Expert Committee from 25th to 29th May 2021, where they brainstormed all the elements that the industry found impractical and needed amendments in the Regulations and the Act
Government Notifies New Guidelines for BIS Hallmark Licence Fees
Licence fees will now be known as Registration fees and it will be based on turnover in place population.
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