The government has made hallmark signs mandatory to maintain the quality of gold jewellery. With its help, Gold Purity is ensured. Initially, Gold Hallmarking has been started in 256 districts. That is, only Hallmark Gold will be available in these cities. These districts include Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and other states. Let us know whether Hallmark Gold is available in your city or not.
First know what is Hallmarking
Hallmarking is used in different countries in its own way. Hallmarking in gold jewellery in India started in the year 2000. Hallmark Sign means obeying the International Standards. Hallmark Jewellery is guaranteed by the Government of India.
Which jewelry has hallmarking
According to the notification dated 14th June 2018, gold jewellery, gold artefacts, silver jewellery and silver artefacts fall under the hallmark category.
Hallmark jewel a bit expensive
When a customer buys hallmarked jewellery, he has to pay up to 15 percent more charge. Because hallmark jewellery has a higher making charge. In return, the purity of the gold is also guaranteed. Hallmarks are available with most goldsmiths, but due to low profits, they do not show it to the customer
Meaning of 22 carats
1. If you buy 22 karat gold jewellery then it has 91.6% gold. If so, then Jewellery will have a sign of 916.
2. BIS Logo: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) contacts private and public sector companies for Gold Hallmarking. While conducting the investigation, the name and logo of the agencies are present on product doing the hallmarking.
4. If you want to know the year of hallmarking, then you can check it on the basis of English alphabet. Hallmarking started in 2000, so jewellery hallmarked in 2000 will have A written on it. Similarly, if hallmarking has been done in 2013, then N will be written.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of UP
Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Budaun, Deoria, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Mathura, Kanpur Nagar, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Gautam Budh Nagar, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur and Varanasi.
Hallmark Gold is available in 8 districts of Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, Dewas, Gwalior, Rewa, Indore, Jabalpur, Ratlam and Satna.
Hallmark Gold is available in 18 districts of Rajasthan
Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kota, Nagpur, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sirohi, Sikar, Sri Ganganagar, Churu, Udaipur, Banswara.
Hallmark Gold is available in 22 districts of Maharashtra
Akola, Amravati, Dhule, Latur, Nanded, Ratnagiri, Sindhugarh, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Palghar, Raigad, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Jalgaon, Nashik, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Thane, Pune, Mumbai Sub, Mumbai City.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Haryana
Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Mahendragarh, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Uttarakhand
Dehradun, Pithoragarh.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Punjab
Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Himachal Pradesh
Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Srinagar.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Andhra Pradesh
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakashanam, Nellore, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Anantapur.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Karnataka
Bengaluru Urban, Tumkur, Hassan, Mandya, Mysore, Dakshina Kannada, Shimoga, Uduppi, Davanagere, Uttara Kannada, Belgaum, Dharwad, Bijapur, Gulbarga
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Kerala
Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Goa
North Goa, South Goa
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts
Chandigarh, Puducherry.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Telangana
Mancherial, Peddapalli, Warangal (Rural), Warangal( Urban), Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Khammam
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Assam
Barpeta, Kutch, Kamrup Metro.
Hallmark Gold available in these districts of Tripura
North Tripura, West Tripura.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Tamilnadu
Cuddalore, Krishnagiri, Tiruvannamalai, Viluppuram, Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore , Erode, Tirupur, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Sivagangai, Madurai, Dindigul, Pudukkottai, Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Thanjavur, Karur, Thanjavur.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Bihar
Buxar, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Patna, Rohtas, Samastipur, Saran, Begusarai, Nawada.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Chattisgarh
Raipur, Durg.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of West Bengal
Purba Medinipur, Darjeeling, Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, Cooch Behar, Paschim Bardhaman, Puba Bardhaman, Kolkata, Purulia, South 24 Parganas , Bankura, Hooghly, Uttar Dinajpur, Howrah, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, Paschim Medinipur.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Jharkhand
Bokaro, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Ranchi.
Hallmark Gold is available in these districts of Odisha
Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jaipur, Ganjam, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur.