The story so far : The Government of India has made hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory in the country. With an aim to bring transparency in the jewellery trade and increase trust among consumers, the Government has also made it mandatory for the introduction of a Hallmark Unique Identification number in every piece of jewellery. Jewellers’ trade bodies, however, say …
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 …
The nationwide token strike called by jewellers on Monday was partially successful as large and corporate jewellers stayed away by opening their showrooms and carrying out business as usual. Dinesh Jain, representing jewellers from the MSME segment, said: “The token strike received wholehearted support from over 300 associations in the east, west, south, central and north regions. Except for few …
Asserting that the mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery in 50 days of its first phase of implementation has been a "grand success", the government on August 21 urged jewellery body, All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council to reconsider its decision to go on strike on August 23. The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council has called a nationwide …
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 …
