Indian consumers can now check the authenticity and purity of their gold jewellery at any of the BIS-recognized Assaying and Hallmarking Centres all over India.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has now made a provision to allow a common consumer to get the purity of their unhallmarked gold jewellery tested at any of the BIS-recognized Assaying and Hallmarking Centres (AHCs).
This comes after the successful implementation of Mandatory Hallmarking of gold jewelry, under which 3 lakh gold articles are being hallmarked with HUID every day.
The AHC shall undertake the testing of gold jewellery from common consumers on priority and provide a test report to the consumer.
The test report issued to the consumer will assure the consumer about the purity of their jewellery and will also be useful if the consumer wishes to sell the jewellery lying with him.
Charges
The charge for testing of gold jewelry up to 4 articles is Rs 200. For 5 or more articles, the charges are Rs 45 per article.
The detailed guidelines on testing of gold jewellery of consumers and the list of recognized Assaying and Hallmarking centers can be accessed through the home page of the BIS website, www.bis.gov.in.
Digital Verification
The authenticity and purity of the hallmarked gold jewellery items with HUID number, purchased by the consumer, can also be verified by using ‘verify HUID’ in the BIS CARE app which can be downloaded from the play store.