While buying gold jewellery, it’s advisable to check the hallmark to ensure you get what you are paying for and its purity is as promised by the jeweller. Hallmark is basically a certification of purity given by assaying and hallmarking centres (AHCs) accredited by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). With the government planning to make hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory from next year, this will become easier for you. We need to have a very good inspection methodology to ensure that the hallmarking centres follow the practice rigorously," said Somasundaram. Suspension is generally for three months in case of market sample failure and violations happening inside hallmarking centres," said Jose.

Source: Mint December 30, 2019 01:30 UTC