Hallmark Mandatory From Jan 2008...Really?

Any gold jewellery sold after Jan1, 2008 should be Hallmarked hence forth, says the Bureau of Indian standards. On the surface this looks like a good deal for the shoppers of gold jewellery but hold on there's a caveat.

This rule applies to Jewellers in the metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta for now which means people living in the rest of India will still have to hunt for the Hallmark jewellers.

Within the metros too I bet it will be a while before BIS can really implement it. It is largely because the BIS is severly understaffed to enforce this. Also the industry grapevine doesn't seem to prove me wrong. So the aforementioned metro shoppers: You need to be on your toes too.

I will update on this blog as and when I find more on this front.