New Delhi, June 17 -- The government has said that mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts will come into force from June 16 in a phased manner and initially will be implemented in 256 districts of the country.
Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Thursday addressed a virtual press conference and briefed the media persons about the Mandatory Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery scheme which has come into force from 16th June 2021.
DG, BIS while addressing the facets of Mandatory Hallmarking shared that mandatory hallmarking has initially started with 256 districts of the country, which have Assaying and hallmarking centres.
He further added that Jewellers with annual turnover upto Rs 40 lak...