ISI MARK & BIS HALLMARK

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