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215 centres hallmarked about 75% of jewellery 80% of the jewellery hallmarked was 22-karat Numbers say it all. The industry has welcomed and adapted mandatory gold jewellery hallmarking wholeheartedly. There has been consistent progress in hallmarking since the Government of India made gold jewellery hallmarking mandatory in mid-June 2021.    There have been major advances in every aspect of hallmarking. About 1 crore pieces are hallmarked with HUID last month. Consumers through BIS Care app, can view the details of hallmarked jewellery such as type of jewellery, purity, name of AHC, name of the jeweller, date of hallmarking, which will help in further raising consumer confidence in gold.  Colin Shah, Chairman, GJEPC said, “The time taken for hallmarking of jewellery was a major concern for jewellers. It’s good to know that now the average time for hallmarking has reduced to 28 hours as compared to 87 hours in July.                                                                       

Big relief on mandatory hallmarking!   The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court passed an interim order on 7th May 2021, which stops Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) from taking any coercive action on jewellers (across India) or impose penalty on those who may not comply with BIA (BIS Act, 2016) regulations [Section 29(2)] on mandatory hallmarking due to the lack of adequate infrastructure in terms of assaying & hallmarking centres.   The Court ruled: "The contention is that the new regulation making it compulsory to hallmark gold jewellery before it is stored or sold, which has to come into force w.e.f. 1st June 2021, is likely to result in great hardships to lakhs of jewellers in India and their number is stated to be 5 lakhs."   The writ petition was filed by All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), which is the industry's apex domestic Council that ensures promotion, protection and progress of jewellers. GJC was represented in court by Counsel Mr.

Doesn’t even give customers freedom of right to choose                                                          BIS mandatory hallmarking excludes                                        Other popular karatages used in India!   All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the national apex body of the gems and jewellery industry, has written to the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution that in its present form, mandatory hallmarking (which is supposed to become enforced by June 2021) doesn't give consumers the freedom of right to choose and restricts their choice/jewellery trade that has a 5,000-year-old legacy in India.   The BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards), by IS 1417:2016, which approves the standards for purity and fineness of gold articles, lays down that gold articles of only 14k, 18k and 22k Karatages will be allowed in the mandatory hallmarking to become applicable in June 2021. This specif

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 f