Delegates from the BIS, including B.J. Gowtham, Scientist-D, and G. Bhavani, Director and Head, engaged with attendees, fostering understanding on the role of hallmarking Tiruvannamalai– In a...
The panel also suggested the reassessment of the exemption on gold jewellery items that were less than 2 grams in weight from the point of view...
The Indian jewellery industry has accepted the HUID mandate. Our issue is not hallmarking; we did it with the four-digit number anyway. But there are two...
The regulators have been making strides in improving hallmarking standards since 2000. The industry embraces the latest mandate of selling only HUID-based hallmarked jewellery in the...
India imports about 700-800 tonnes of gold annually. Hallmarked gold bullion will help ensure the desired purity of gold jewellery manufactured in the country The compulsory...
The proposal and need for certification are the main points of a letter sent by BIS to all stakeholders in the gold trade recently The Bureau...
Even as traders from several States and Union Territories have started opposing the decision of The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to make the 6-digit Hallmark...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has proposed making hallmarking of gold bullion mandatory for approved refiners from July 1, as part of efforts to ensure...
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of state for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Wednesday said that assaying and hallmarking centres hallmarked more...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has carried out a special enforcement search and seizure drive in major cities of Maharashtra to check the misuse of...
Indian consumers in the world’s second-largest gold jewellery market run the risk of buying fake hallmarked gold flooding the market, leading jewellers and industry bodies warned....
HYDERABAD: Telangana will soon have its own Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) gold referral assay laboratory, on the lines of Tamil Nadu. The lab works are...
Getting gold, silver jewellery hallmarked has become dearer. This is because the government has hiked the charges of gold and silver hallmarking by Rs. 10 per...
As many as 3.7 crore jewellery articles were hallmarked during April-July period of this fiscal year, the government said on Wednesday. Mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery...
Surat: Diamonds are forever – is an adage, but nowadays diamonds are for everyone too. Gujarat’s first recognised start-up in Lab Grown Diamond Jewellery brand since...
Kolkata: Nearly 63% of Indian districts are yet to get a gold hallmarking facility though the government is all set to roll out the second phase...
The government has made it mandatory for all jewellers to sell only hallmarked gold jewellery from June 16, 2021. Further hallmarking signs have been revised effective...
The second phase of the mandatory hallmarking vide Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts shall come into force from June 01, 2022, which will cover...
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Friday informed that consumers can now get the purity of their un-hallmarked gold jewellery tested at assaying...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai region, has increased drawing of market samples to check the conformity to mandatory hallmarking of gold ornaments and Hallmark...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will start conducting inspections against the jewellers for non-compliance with the mandatory gold hallmarking norms in Uttarakhand. The bureau will...
MUMBAI: 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...
Hyderabad: Staff of hallmarking centres across Telangana staged a token strike on Tuesday protesting against the newly-introduced hallmarking policies of the Central government. The government had...
Jewellers, who were up in arms against the government over hallmarking unique ID (HUID) system for gold ornaments, now claim they have convinced the ministry of...
There is a countrywide resurgence over best trade practices with gold hallmarking made mandatory. To serve the trade during such challenging times by managing an efficient...
Hallmarking scheme is turning out to be grand success with more than 1 crore pieces of jewellery hallmarked in a quick time” – said Director General...
Kolkata: Amid pandemic panic, caratage has proved to be a bigger concern. Even as the city’s gold hub at Bowbazar is yet to recover from the...
It has been fifty days since the government imposed mandatory hallmarking on jewellers with turnover in excess of Rs 40 lakh. This matters to you the...
HYDERABAD: Next time you go to a jewellery shop and find fewer designs to choose from, don’t fret, as confusion over a new rule of allotting...
The National Task force was formed out of 350 Associations / Federations representing East, West, central, North and South zones of the entire Gems & Jewellery...
The diamond jewellery makers of Kolkata and Mumbai, the two biggest manufacturing hubs, are facing problems with hallmarking that has become mandatory from June 15. Manufacturers...
Hyderabad: A jewellery shop has been sealed by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) officials for misuse of BIS hallmark on gold and silver jewellery at Miryalguda...
Ensuring that customers get to keep hallmarked jewellery only, Prince Jewellery recently launched a new scheme wherein customers can exchange their old gold jewellery with new...
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra are the top-3 states where the most number of districts have been identified for the first-phase implementation of mandatory hallmarking of...
New Delhi: The government’s move to make hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory could push the industry towards further consolidation and formalization, according to a report by...
BIS has had 3 meetings with around 20 member Expert Committee from 25th to 29th May 2021, where they brainstormed all the elements that the industry...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) website and FAQs do not capture many key points on hallmarking, discussed between the gems and jewellery industry and the...
Exemptions in hallmarking of gold jewellery would lead to malpractices and the process should therefore be made mandatory for all gold items, said C. Vinod Hayagriv,...
The jewellery industry received a lot of information from the horse’s mouth today. A lot of misconceptions around mandatory hallmarking legislation were clarified at the virtual...
The mandatory gold hallmarking that came into force on June 15, 20201 has put the jewellery industry at unrest due to the new and rather difficult...
Analysts say that listed jewellery retailers and makers will benefit from government's move for mandatorily hallmarking gold jewellery.
From June 15, jewellers will be allowed to sell only 14, 18 and 22 carats of gold jewellery.
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...
Gold jewellery will come under the ambit of hallmarking for sure now. A week before, the government announced that it is fully equipped to strike a...
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...
Finally, the government and the national jewellery associations have come to a middle ground of the hallmark registration feud with formation of a high-level committee with...
On August 7, gold touched a price of $2,074/ounce in international markets and Rs 56,254/10 gm. The geopolitical uncertainty between the US and China means an...
by Suneeta Kaul Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan recently announced that the deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be extended by...
Currently, gold hallmarking is voluntary in nature. However, it will be made mandatory from June 2021. Gold sold by jewellers will need to have ‘hallmark’ quality...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai Branch Office-I, has granted its hallmarking of gold and silver licence to Titan Company. The BIS has granted an...
Kolkata: The government’s decision to make hallmarking mandatory for gold jewellery from January 15, 2021, is likely to change the dynamics of the market for the next one year. Bullion dealers and jewellers said...
NEW DELHI: No jeweller will be allowed to sell gold jewellery or artefacts without hallmarking from January 15, 2021. The government will issue a notification by...
The Centre has revived its intention to make hallmarking mandatory for gold jewellery and plans to notify the regulation in WTO in a week time, a...
The department of economic affairs at a meeting with RBI and other officials in Delhi Friday discussed a proposal that would allow banks to buy gold...
The brand in order to capitalize on the festive season is offering deals available across all Tanishq stores in West...
In addition to the new campaigns, Lightbox has introduced two new jewellery collections: “Reminiscence” and “City Lights” Mumbai: Lightbox, the...
The puja-themed video comprises all the quintessential elements of the festival and highlights four distinct jewellery styles portrayed by each...
The brand’s social media page prominently showcases a variety of reels and shots from the music video, capturing the essence...
The Gold Jewellery Mela campaign, like in its previous editions, attracted primarily bridal jewellery consumers, with about 70% of the...
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