{"id":3198,"date":"2021-05-31T14:45:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewelpedia.in\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2021-05-31T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:15:14","slug":"bis-to-introduce-comprehensive-guidelines-on-mandatory-jewellery-hallmarking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewelpedia.in\/index.php\/2021\/05\/31\/bis-to-introduce-comprehensive-guidelines-on-mandatory-jewellery-hallmarking\/","title":{"rendered":"BIS To Introduce Comprehensive Guidelines On Mandatory Jewellery Hallmarking"},"content":{"rendered":"


T<\/span>he third meeting of the expert committee formed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to resolve the issues of mandatory jewellery hallmarking was held yesterday. Several issues were raised during the meeting and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has assured to consider and come up with comprehensive guidelines and detailed responses to the expert committee queries in the next few days.

The key issues raised by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council included:
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\u00b7 Deficiency of distribution of A&H Centres \u2013 only consideration of numbers of centres per state is not a sufficient mechanism due to concentration in certain areas.

\u00b7 Allow further 6 to 9 months for registration of all jewellers and for an adequate number of A&H Centres to be set up.

\u00b7 Allow sales of hallmarked jewellery without registration for small jewellers.<\/h4>\n

\u00b7 HUID \u2013 maintaining accounts of single pieces due to HUID would be impossible, not feasible for smaller jewellers to comply.

\u00b7 Re-melting and remaking of articles presently in stock that do not conform to IS 1417 (heavy cumulative losses to the industry apprehended on this count).

\u00b7 Artisanal jewellery such as Kundan contains multiple purities (18K, 24K) in one piece alongside the usage of other metal. Traditional jewellery should not be discontinued due to the inability to conform to hallmarking law.

The GJEPC has also requested clarification on the storage of jewellery without hallmarking and jewellery send for exhibition.

Colin Shah, Chairman, GJEPC and a member of the expert committee said, \u201cThe Government has been very considerate about the issues and concerns of the jewellers with regards to mandatory jewellery hallmarking. We are hopeful that the Govt. would come up with pragmatic solutions before the implementation of mandatory hallmarking.\u201d

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