Hallmarking of gold of 20, 23, 24 carats to be mandatory in next 2 phases

No bar on households selling non-hallmarked gold anywhere

The Central government will make hallmarking of gold mandatory for the entire country in next two phases for gold jewellery and artefacts of 20, 23 and 24 carats, senior government officials said on Wednesday.

It also clarified that there is no bar on households selling non-hallmarked gold jewellery but jewellers in the districts where hallmarking has been made mandatory from today won’t be allowed to re-sell the same without proper marking, though there is no penalty for not doing so till August.

The Centre said in the first phase, hallmarking has been made mandatory for those districts that have a