The government has brought a huge wave of relief to jewellers across the country ahead of the festive season. The government had announced that the deadline for the implementation of gold hallmarking was extended by three additional months. The original deadline was on August 31, 2021, but with the new change to the deadline, jewellers now have till November 30 …
Jewellers have decided to go on a nationwide token strike on Monday, August 23, 2021 to protest against what they called the ‘arbitrarily implemented mandatory hallmarking process’ by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The strike call has been given by the National Task Force on Hallmarking formed by 350 Associations and Federations of jewellers representing all four zones of the …
The central government on Wednesday announced that it has made hallmarking of gold mandatory. Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards addressed a digital press conference on Wednesday where he said that hallmark shall be done at the first point of sale which may be manufacturer, whole-seller, distributor or retailer. "We welcome the government’s decision to implement mandatory …
In a relief, the Centre said no penalty will be imposed till August on those who do not comply with the mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts that came into force from Wednesday in 256 districts across the country. To ensure jewellers adapt to the new system, the government has decided not to impose a penalty on jewellers for …
