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 f