TNPSC Thervupettagam

Hallmarking Norms

April 17 , 2021 1318 days 964 0
  • The Government aims to implement mandatory hallmarking of gold artefacts and jewellery from June 1, 2021.
  • Currently, Gold Hallmarking is voluntary in the country.
  • Gold Hallmarking is providing purity certification to the gold jewellery and artefacts.
  • Only three grades of jewelleries will now be hall marked under the new regulations.
  • They are 14-carat, 18-carat and 22-carat.
  • Earlier, ten grades of gold jewelleries were hall marked.
  • The new Gold Hallmark will contain four marks.
  • They are purity in carat, BIS mark, assay centre’s name and the identification mark of the jeweller.
  • The Bureau of Indian standards Act, 2016 made gold hallmarking mandatory in India.

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