The state-wise list of newly added 55 districts under the mandatory hallmarking is available on the website of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the hallmarking section.
Bureau of Indian Standards Hallmarking on Wednesday said that old jewellery without hallmark can be sold to jewellers, jewellery shops, who will then be responsible for hallmarking it or making new jewellery from it by maintaining standards.
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 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).
The hallmarking of gold, which is voluntary in nature at present, is a purity certification of the precious metal.
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New Delhi, Jan 4: To protect consumers from unscrupulous jewellers, the government today approved a proposal making hallmarking of gold mandatory.The hallmarking of gold, which is voluntary in nature at present, is a purity certification
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