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NEW DELHI : The food regulator has asked food commissioners of states and union territories to review the licences granted to bottlers following mounting complaints about packaged still and mineral water being…

NEW DELHI: Now consumers can get the purity test done for their un-hallmarked jewelleries at any Assaying and Hallmarking Centres (AHCs) across the country, which have been recognised by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The consumer…

Will every piece of gold jewellery have a unique identification number? Why was the move necessary? The story so far: The Government of India has made hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory in the country. It is now being implemented…

The government has asked consumers to ensure that they buy hallmarked jewellery on the occasion of Diwali. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) of the Department of Consumer Affairs has issued a release which notes that it is important to…

The government has brought a huge wave of relief to jewellers across the country ahead of the festive season. The government had announced that the deadline for the implementation of gold hallmarking was extended by three additional months.…

Jewellers across the country organised a strike against the new gold hallmarking rules recently implemented by the Centre. The All India Gem Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) claimed that most jewellery shops remained shut in response to…

New Delhi: More than 90,000 jewellers have been registered already and nearly 4 lakh pieces of jewellery are getting hallmarked each day now, said Director-General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Pramod Kumar Tiwari on Saturday regarding…

As the central government makes hallmarking of gold jewellery mandatory, the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) said that more than 90,000 jewellers have been registered already and nearly 4 lakh pieces of jewellery were getting…

BIS Director said government is always ready to address the concerns of jewellers Asserting that the mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery in 50 days of its first phase of implementation has been a "grand success", the government on…