ISI MARK & BIS HALLMARK
- April 14, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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ISI MARK & BIS HALLMARK
Subject: Governance
Context: The Centre will go ahead with its plan to mandate hallmarking of gold jewellery from June 1. The plan had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Concept :
ISI Mark:
- Who issues: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- Which products: Industrial products
- Effective since: 1955
- ISI Mark is a certification mark for industrial products in India.
- The mark certifies that a product confirms to the Indian Standards, mentioned as IS: XXXX on the top of the mark.
BIS Hallmark:
- Who issues it: Bureau of Indian Standards
- For which products: Gold and silver jewellery
- Applicable since: It is applicable for gold since April, 2000 and for silver since 2005.
To judge the purity of the gold ornaments, these numbers are written on the jewelry;
- For 23 carat gold, you can find 958 number stamped on jewelry.
- For 22 carats 916
- For 21 carats 875
- For 18 carats 750
- For 17 carats 708
- For 14 carats 585
- For 9 carats 375