The Centre on Friday said that it would soon finalise a proposal to decriminalise the Legal Metrology Act in order to reduce the compliance burden for businesses and consumers. In his virtual address on the occasion of National Consumer Day, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said there is a need to decriminalize the Legal Metrology Act in such a way that both consumer interest is
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The government had given jewellers more than a year to shift to hallmarking and register themselves with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). However, the deadline was extended till June 1 due to Covid-19
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Govt to implement mandatory gold hallmarking from June 1
The government on Tuesday said it is fully prepared to implement mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts from June 1, 2021. Gold hallmarking is a purity certification of the precious metal and is voluntary in nature at present.
The Centre, in November 2019, had announced that hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be made mandatory across the country from January 15, 2021. The government had given jewellers more than a year to shift to hallmarking and register themselves with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
But the deadline was extended for four months till June 1 after the jewellers sought more time to implement in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.