Four lakh gold items are hallmarked every day. Now, the hallmarking facility is available in 361 districts across the country. The Bureau of Indian Standards began its fourth phase of mandatory hallmarkingunder the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts Amendment Order, Over 400 million gold jewellery items have been hallmarked with a uniqueHallmark Unique Identification (HUID), ensuring greater trust and transparencyfor the consumers in the market. During the fourth phase, hallmarking centres were set up in 18 additional districtsunder Mandatory Hallmarking. Now, 361 districts are covered under MandatoryHallmarking. BIS implemented the first phase of mandatory hallmarking on June 23, 2021. Thefirst phase covered 256 districts, whereas the second phase comm...
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