{"id":7483,"date":"2020-01-18T06:48:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T06:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2020-01-18T06:48:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T06:48:41","slug":"government-mandates-hallmarking-of-gold-jewellery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/government-mandates-hallmarking-of-gold-jewellery\/","title":{"rendered":"Government mandates hallmarking of gold jewellery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The government of India has mandated hallmark to gold\njewellery. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution\nissued a notification on January 14 stating that it will give one year&#8217;s time\nto jewellers and retailers to register themselves with the Bureau of Indian\nStandards (BIS) and clear their old stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current\nAffairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is a government body that certifies\nthe purity of gold bought by people. The process of certifying the purity of\ngold is called hallmarking. According to the BIS website, there are two\nprinciple objectives of the hallmarking scheme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To protect the public against adulteration<\/li><li>To obligate manufacturers to maintain legal\nstandards of fineness\/purity<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of India has mandated hallmark to gold jewellery. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution issued a notification on January 14 stating that it will give one year&#8217;s time to jewellers and retailers to register themselves with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and clear their old stock. 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