Hallmarked Gold Jewellery Rules: Hallmarking has become mandatory for gold jewellery from June 16, 2021. The government introduced new symbols for hallmarked gold jewellery. However, as per the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), certain types of gold jewellery are exempted from mandatory hallmarking orders. Read on to know which types of gold jewellery are exempted from hallmarking order.
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Govt extends deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery till June 15
The Centre on Monday further extended the deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts by a fortnight till June 15 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal.
In November 2019, the government had announced that hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be made mandatory across the country from January 15, 2021. However, the deadline was extended for four months till June 1 after jewellers sought more time in view of the pandemic.
Gold hallmarking is a purity certification of the precious metal and is voluntary in nature at present.
How to check if the gold that you have purchased is pure or not. For this, the Bureau of Indian Standards, a government body, certifies the purity of gold bought by you.
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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.