No sale of gold jewelry without HUID from April 1
- Briefing reporters, Nidhi Khare, Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, said, “In consumer interest it has been decided that after 31st March 2023 sale of gold jewelry and gold artefacts hallmarked without HUID shall not be permitted.”
- The HUID is a unique 6-digit alphanumeric code consisting of numbers and letters. According to the ministry, the HUID will be given to every piece of jewelry at the time of hallmarking, and it is unique for every piece of jewelry. Representative
- Sale of gold jewelry and gold artefacts without a Hallmark Unique Identification (HUID) number shall not be permitted in the country from April 1, Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on Friday.
- Briefing reporters, Nidhi Khare, Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, said, “In consumer interest it has been decided that after 31st March 2023 sale of gold jewelry and gold artefacts hallmarked without HUID shall not be permitted.”
- Khare said 10.56 crore pieces of gold jewelry articles have been Hallmarked till date during 2022-23. She further said that the number of operative BIS Registered Jewelers has increased from 1,53,718 in 2022-23.
- Khare also informed that the BIS has decided to grant a concession of 80 per cent on Certification/Minimum Marking Fee for Micro Scale Units. Additionally, 10 per cent concession on certification for units located in the Northeastern states is also provided, she said.