This rule will be voluntary for now. That is, customers will have the option to buy hallmarked jewelry or jewelry without hallmark. This will not be mandatory. This process will be exactly like the one started earlier for gold jewelry.

What is the new change?

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has set 6 purity levels for silver. These are 900, 800, 835, 925, 970 and 990. Now every silver jewellery will be given a 6-digit hallmark unique ID (HUID). This ID will easily tell how pure the jewellery is. Whether the silver jewellery is real or not. This method will replace the old hallmarking system.

What is hallmarking?

Hallmarking means guaranteeing the purity of the metal. This is a government process in which precious metals like gold or silver are tested and certified. The hallmarking scheme of BIS ensures that the customer gets the same quality for which he is paying.

What will be the benefit to the customers?

With this new rule, customers will be able to avoid fraud. Often there is a possibility of adulteration in jewellery without hallmark. But now such risk will be less in hallmarked silver. The most important thing is that customers can go to the BIS Care App and check immediately with the Verify HUID feature whether the hallmark written on the jewellery is real or fake.

Earlier the rule was applicable on gold

The government had made hallmarking mandatory on gold jewellery in the year 2021. On the same lines, this rule is now being brought on silver jewellery as well. This will make the jewellery market more transparent and will also increase the confidence of customers.

What will change after September 1?

From September 1, customers will have the option to buy hallmarked or non-hallmarked silver. But it is expected that people will now trust hallmarked jewellery more. This will not only benefit customers, but will also increase trust in the jewellery industry.

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After implementing the rules of hallmarking on gold last year, the government is continuously expanding it. Now it is possible that all types of jewelers in the country may be brought under the ambit of hallmarking. Till now, these rules are applicable only to jewelers with annual turnover of less than Rs 40 lakh, but now its scope may increase soon.

But there is information that this matter can be discussed in the meeting in the Consumer Affairs Ministry, in which a decision on tightening the hallmarking rules is possible. A decision can be taken to bring all jewelers under the ambit of hallmarking. It is possible that jewelery like Kundan and Jadau may also come under the scope of hallmarking.

Let us inform you that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has made six-digit ‘alphanumeric’ HUID mandatory for hallmarked gold jewelery from April 1, 2023. Now only 6 digit Alphanumeric Hallmarking is valid. Without this, gold and jewelery will not be sold. Hallmarking with 4 digits has been completely stopped.

There are many districts in the country, which have been kept under the purview of hallmarking. These include 344 districts of the country. These include 17 districts of Andhra Pradesh, 8 districts of Assam, 23 districts of Bihar, Chandigarh, 4 districts of Chhattisgarh, 8 districts of Delhi, 2 districts of Goa, 25 districts of Gujarat, 18 districts of Haryana, 3 districts of Himachal Pradesh,

5 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, 6 districts of Jharkhand, 20 districts of Karnataka, 13 districts of Kerala, 14 districts of Madhya Pradesh, 28 districts of Maharashtra, 9 districts of Odisha, 19 districts of Puducherry, Punjab, 19 districts of Rajasthan, These include 19 districts of Tamil Nadu, 12 districts of Telangana, 2 districts of Tripura, 31 districts of Uttar Pradesh, 5 districts of Uttarakhand and 21 districts of West Bengal.

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