Thursday, 28th October 2004 (4965 views)

The union minister for agriculture, food and consumer affairs has revealed today that India has already awarded over 800 licenses for gold hallmarking under its new system.

Sharad Pawar explained that the new voluntary hallmarking in operation is proving popular and over 40 lakh of jewellery has been marked so far, according to the Financial Express.

The move is part of an overall improvement in standards for India, with hallmarking showing consumers they can be assured of a certain quality from the jewellery.

Mr Pawar was speaking at a special ceremony for the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards that were organised by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

Gold jewellery in India has received considerable promotion recently, particularly with the opening of its first gold souk.

 

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