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Buying silver jewellery is set to get safer and more transparent. The government has rolled out a new voluntary hallmarking system for silver articles, effective September 1, 2025, complete with a digital traceability mechanism to ensure purity and protect consumers.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has revised its hallmarking standard, publishing IS 2112:2025, which replaces the older 2014 version.
Under the new system, every hallmarked silver article will carry a Hallmark Unique Identification (HUID) code, similar to gold.This will let buyers trace key details, article type, purity grade, hallmarking date, testing centre,...