Hallmark Unique Identification

Hallmark Unique Identification

Subject – Economy

Context – Gold jewellers across major cities participated in a nationwide strike against the mandatory hallmarking, Hallmark Unique Identification (HUID), effective June 16.

Concept –

• HUID is a unique code that will be given to every piece of jewellery at the time of hallmarking.
• It will be helpful in identifying the jeweller or the Assaying and Hallmarking Centres (AHCs) which had hallmarked the jewellery.
• It will be a six-digit alphanumeric code, with which every piece of jewellery will be tagged.
• At the hallmarking centre, the jewellery is stamped with the unique number manually.

For more information on hallmarking, please refer to Hallmarking.