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  Akshaya Tritiya 2025: Planning to buy gold? Here's how to identify genuine gold and avoid frauds

  Business | April 26, 2025 22:51 IST

  This Akshaya Tritiya, ensure a safe and authentic gold purchase by checking HUID, hallmark, purity, and insisting on a certified bill.

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  Centre notifies third phase of mandatory hallmarking to come into force from today

  India | September 08, 2023 14:11 IST

  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.

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  No penalty on jewellers for non-compliance of mandatory gold hallmarking till August: Govt

  India | June 16, 2021 21:02 IST

  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.

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  Govt extends deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery till June 15

  Business | May 24, 2021 23:11 IST

  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. 

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  Govt to implement mandatory gold hallmarking from June 1

  Business | April 13, 2021 17:34 IST

  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).

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  Commerce Min should approve mandatory gold hallmarking before Diwali: Paswan

  India | September 12, 2019 18:54 IST

  The hallmarking of gold, which is voluntary in nature at present, is a purity certification of the precious metal.

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  Building consensus hallmark of true leaders: President

  India | March 24, 2013 10:04 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 24: Paying tribute to Maharashtra's first chief minister Yashwantrao Chavan, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that the capacity to build consensus is the hallmark of true leaders in a democracy."In earlier days it

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  Hallmarking Of Gold Made Compulsory

  January 04, 2012 14:41 IST

  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