Sunday, 01 May 2022 | PNS | Dehradun
After successful implementation of mandatory hallmarking by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in 256 districts of the country with effect from June 23, 2021, wherein more than three lakh gold articles are being hallmarked with HUID every day, it has been notified by the government to implement the second phase of mandatory hallmarking from June 1, 2022 vide Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Amendment) Order. The second phase of the mandatory hallmarking will cover additional three caratages of gold jewellery/artefacts- 20, 23 and 24 carats as mentioned in the Indian Standard IS 1417 and 32 new districts under the mandatory hallmarking regime wherein an AHC has been set up post implementation of the first phase of the mandatory hallmarking order. The list of districts is available on the BIS website, www.bis.gov.in.
The director and head of BIS Dehradun branch, Sudheer Bishnoi informed that as per the above order, Pauri district will be covered under the second phase of the mandatory hallmarking. With this, three districts of Uttarakhand- Dehradun, Pithoragarh and Pauri are covered under mandatory hallmarking.
BIS has made a provision to allow the common consumer to get the purity of their unhallmarked gold jewellery tested at any of the BIS recognised Assaying and Hallmarking Centres (AHC).
The AHC shall undertake the testing of gold jewellery from common consumers on priority and provide a test report to the consumer. The test report issued to the consumer will assure the consumer about the purity of their jewellery and will also be useful if the consumer wishes to sell the jewellery lying with him. The charges for testing of gold jewellery up to four articles is Rs 200. For five or more articles, the charges are Rs 45 per article.
