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Bullion World | Volume 2 | Issue 12 | December 2022
Highlights of First Annual Meeting of

Hallmarking Federation of India

Mr James Jose, Past Secretary, Association of Gold Refineries and Mints

The first annual general meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee
the Hallmarking Federation of India on Consumer Affairs at Parliament
was held on 6 and 7 November house annexe, New Delhi. HFI
2022 in New Delhi. The event was took up the above 2 issues with
hosted by Association of Hallmarking the parliamentary committee
Centres, Gujarat.The meeting and its members gave a patient
was attended by delegates from listening of the problems of the
various parts of the country and hallmarking industry, especially
also by associations from Rajastan, the fake hallmarking in old HM
Andhra Pradesh, North India logos by a section of the trade.
Hallmarking Centres Association HFI also had discussions with the
(NIHA) etc. Attached to the event respected committee members on
was an exhibition of machinery and related issues such as expanding
equipments for the hallmarking the HM centre network for all India
Mr James Jose
centres, which was well appreciated mandatory hallmarking, hallmarking
by the delegates due to the Affairs could not attend the HFI on smaller articles and studded
impending mandatory integration of general meeting on the 2nd day jewellery items, silver hallmarking,
HM centre machines with the HUID for health reasons. Hence the HFI increased publicity and media
portal of BIS. team was invited to their office at campaign on hallmarking for
Krishi Bhavan on the subsequent consumer awareness etc.
The meeting discussed the day, where the HFI team apprised The meeting had seminars on
modification of the byelaws of HFI, the minster about the rampant various topics of the hallmarking
incorporating the suggestions fake hallmarking in the mandatory industry, such as starting offsite
of other trade associations of regime and requested to announce centres, regulatory issues under
hallmarking industry. The panel a timeline for mandatory sale of the new SOP, Vienna Convention
nd
discussion on the 2 day with DDG HUID hallmarked goods. Also on Hallmarking etc and expressed
Hallmarking, BIS -Ms.Renu Gupta, requested that the Hallmarking Act hope that the hallmarking scheme
Mr Sanjay Goswami – Head of HM may be amended to give permission shall achieve greater transparency
Dept, BIS and Shri. Akshay Kaushik for hallmarking at smaller towns and credibility with the launch of
–officer incharge of HUID project, and cities, instead of the existing mandatory integration of HM centre
was very interactive and gave clarity mandatory hallmarking at the first machines with the HUID portal of
on various problem areas of HUID point of sale in the manufacturing BIS, so that real time data from the
hallmarking, with suggestions for city, so that a wider network of machines are uploaded to the BIS
the improvement of the scheme. hallmarking centres shall come up in portal, enabling full transparency and
The office bearers of HFI visited the smaller towns and cities, to enable traceability for hallmarked jewellery.
BIS HM dept on the next day and mandatory hallmarking of jewellery
held further discussions on various all over the country.
aspects of the hallmarking scheme
Respected Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti - On the next day, the HFI delegation
Hon. Minister of State for Consumer was invited for a hearing by the

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