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Increased from 43,153 in June to  1,24,034 as of 15th November 2021 Since the Government of India made gold jewellery hallmarking mandatory in mid-June this year, the number of jewellers registered with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has nearly tripled (+187%) from 43,153 in June 2021 to 1,24,034 as of 15th November, according to data available with the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).   This compares with a 3% growth in the number of Assaying and Hallmarking Centres (AHCs), which stood at 978 as of mid-November, from 948 in June this year. The ripple effects of mandatory hallmarking are already being felt by the retail industry as the move has boosted consumer confidence in gold. Colin Shah, Chairman, GJEPC, said, “We are witnessing great progress being made in hallmarking since it was made mandatory in mid-June. Jewellers in large numbers have come forward and registered themselves.   Currently, we have adequate AHCs for accommodating the jewellers' h

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