Covid-19 pushed Mandatory hallmark

The deadline extended to June 1, 2021! 

Yet the government bureau has not issue any official release & the minister’s official website also does not placed any such information yet the authentic media sources cited Consumer Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan said on Monday, “In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has extended an earlier deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts by four months!”  

Previously, the Ministry had ordered and published in the Gazette, January 2020 that said: S.O. 205(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 14 read with sub-section (2) and (3) of section 15 and sub-section (1) and (2) of section 16 read with section 17 and sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, after consulting the Bureau of Indian standards, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, hereby makes the following Order, namely: 1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Order may be called the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold, Artefacts Order, 2020. (2) It shall come into force with effect from the 15th day of January, 2021.

 

According to the media sources, upon arrival of Covid-19 disruption GJC had requested for any such extension. In the row on Monday, “Jewellers had made a request to extend the time. We have extended the deadline from January 15 to June 1, 2021, in view of the disruption in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis”, Mr Ramvilas Paswan said. From June 1 next, jewellers will be allowed to sell only 14, 18 and 22 carats of gold jewellery, he added.