{"id":359278,"date":"2025-09-06T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=359278"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:42:01","slug":"hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Gets Smarter: BIS Launches Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) to identify Purity &amp; Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On 4-9-2025, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bureau of Indian Standards (&#8216;BIS&#8217;)<\/span> introduced <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID)<\/span>&#8211; based <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">hallmarking for silver jewelry and articles<\/span> on a voluntary basis with effect from 1-9-2025 to help consumers ensure the purity of metal while purchasing.<\/p>\n<h3>All you need to know about hallmarking of silver jewelry:<\/h3>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p>It was introduced in October 2005.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The jewelers selling silver jewelry were granted certificate of registration in accordance with IS 2112.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The publication of IS 2112:2025 replaced the earlier version of IS 2112:2014.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Effects of revision:<\/h3>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p>The revision has introduced <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) enhancing traceability.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The revision also aligns with hallmarking of gold jewelry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BIS Care App<\/span> has been introduced containing the following details which will enable the consumers to identify:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>Article type;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Purity Grade;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Fineness of articles;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Date of Hallmarking (First point of sale);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Assaying and Hallmarking Centres&#8217;s details;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Jeweler&#8217;s Registration number.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Comparison between IS 2112:2025 and IS 2112:2014:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; margin-left: 0.09mm; margin-right: auto; table-layout: fixed; width: 152.41mm;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"143\"\/>\n<col width=\"213\"\/>\n<col width=\"220\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.84mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">Parameter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 56.36mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; font-weight: bold;\">IS 2112:2014<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 58.21mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; font-weight: bold;\">IS 2112:2025<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.84mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">Purity Grades<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 56.36mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">6-<\/span> 800, 835, 900, 925, 970, and 990<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 58.21mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">7-<\/span> 800, 835, 925, 958, 970, 990, and 999<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">[900 has been removed and 958 and 999 has been introduced]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.84mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">Hallmark<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 56.36mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; font-weight: bold;\">4 components-<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman; margin-left: 12.7mm;\">\n<li>\n<p>BIS Mark along with the word &#8216;SILVER&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Purity Grade\/Fineness;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Assay (Testing) Centre&#8217;s Identification Mark;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Jeweler&#8217;s\/Manufacturer&#8217;s Identification Mark<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 58.21mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; font-weight: bold;\">3 components-<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman; margin-left: 12.7mm;\">\n<li>\n<p>BIS Standard Mark with the word &#8216;SILVER&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Purity Grade;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) Code<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Currently India has 230 <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Assaying and Hallmarking Centres<\/span> which are recognized by Bureau of Indian Standards for testing of silver jewelry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The new <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID)<\/span>&#8211; based <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">hallmarking for silver jewelry and articles<\/span> therefore strengthens the consumer rights and safeguard consumers against any malpractices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The new Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID)- based hallmarking for silver jewelry and articles introduces BIS Care App to safeguard consumers against any malpractices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":359303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1193],"tags":[88711,55838,88709,84920,88707,88705,88706,88708,88710],"class_list":["post-359278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislationupdates","category-notifications","tag-assaying-and-hallmarking-centres","tag-bis","tag-bis-care-app","tag-bureau-of-indian-standards","tag-hallmarking-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles","tag-hallmarking-unique-identification","tag-huid","tag-is-21122025","tag-purity-grade"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BIS introduces Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) for silver jewelry | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how Bureau of Indian Standards&#039; new Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) based hallmarking for silver jewelry under IS 2112:2025 enhances purity verification, aligns with gold standards, and empowers consumers through the BIS Care App.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Silver Gets Smarter: BIS Launches Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) to identify Purity &amp; Protection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover how Bureau of Indian Standards&#039; new Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) based hallmarking for silver jewelry under IS 2112:2025 enhances purity verification, aligns with gold standards, and empowers consumers through the BIS Care App.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-06T11:30:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-06T11:42:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Silver Gets Smarter: BIS Launches Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) to identify Purity &amp; Protection\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/\",\"name\":\"BIS introduces Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) for silver jewelry | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-06T11:30:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-06T11:42:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"description\":\"Discover how Bureau of Indian Standards' new Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) based hallmarking for silver jewelry under IS 2112:2025 enhances purity verification, aligns with gold standards, and empowers consumers through the BIS Care App.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.webp\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"Hallmarking Unique Identification for silver jewelry\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Silver Gets Smarter: BIS Launches Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) to identify Purity &amp; Protection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BIS introduces Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) for silver jewelry | SCC Times","description":"Discover how Bureau of Indian Standards' new Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) based hallmarking for silver jewelry under IS 2112:2025 enhances purity verification, aligns with gold standards, and empowers consumers through the BIS Care App.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Silver Gets Smarter: BIS Launches Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) to identify Purity & Protection","og_description":"Discover how Bureau of Indian Standards' new Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) based hallmarking for silver jewelry under IS 2112:2025 enhances purity verification, aligns with gold standards, and empowers consumers through the BIS Care App.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2025-09-06T11:30:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-06T11:42:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Silver Gets Smarter: BIS Launches Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) to identify Purity &amp; Protection","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/","name":"BIS introduces Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) for silver jewelry | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.webp","datePublished":"2025-09-06T11:30:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-06T11:42:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"description":"Discover how Bureau of Indian Standards' new Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) based hallmarking for silver jewelry under IS 2112:2025 enhances purity verification, aligns with gold standards, and empowers consumers through the BIS Care App.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.webp","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"Hallmarking Unique Identification for silver jewelry"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/06\/hallmarking-unique-identification-for-silver-jewelry-and-articles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Silver Gets Smarter: BIS Launches Hallmarking Unique Identification (HUID) to identify Purity &amp; Protection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hallmarking-Unique-Identification-for-silver-jewelry.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":286549,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/03\/07\/hallmarking-of-gold-jewellery-and-gold-artefacts-amendment-order-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":359278,"position":0},"title":"Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Amendment) Order, 2023","author":"Kriti","date":"March 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"On 6-3-2023, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution notified the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Amendment) Order, 2023 to amend the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts Order, 2020. The provisions came into force on 6-3-2023. Clause 2 of the Order relates to Compulsory\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ministry of Consumer Affairs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-118.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-118.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-118.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-118.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":288322,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/03\/legislation-march-2023-17-stories-on-new-drugs-and-clinical-trials-development-methodology-revised-surrogacy-methods-of-treatment-revised-maximum-allowed-cf-for-emission-testing-introduced-sebi\/","url_meta":{"origin":359278,"position":1},"title":"LEGISLATION MARCH 2023 | 17+ Stories on New Drugs and Clinical Trials Development Methodology revised; Surrogacy Methods of Treatment revised; Maximum Allowed CF for Emission Testing introduced; SEBI Circulars &amp; more","author":"Kriti","date":"April 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"MINISTRY OF FINANCE \u201cImplementation of Policies by groups\u201d introduced vide PML (Maintenance of Records) Amendment Rules, 2023 On 7-3-2023, the Ministry of Finance notified the Prevention of Money- laundering (Maintenance of Records) Amendment Rules, 2023 to amend the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005. The provisions came into\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legal RoundUp&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legal RoundUp","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/columns-for-roundup\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tmp_a43267b2-94d9-4609-afc3-6fd7e69d455b.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tmp_a43267b2-94d9-4609-afc3-6fd7e69d455b.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tmp_a43267b2-94d9-4609-afc3-6fd7e69d455b.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tmp_a43267b2-94d9-4609-afc3-6fd7e69d455b.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57091,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2016\/07\/18\/government-accepts-the-recommendations-of-sub-committee-of-the-high-level-committee-to-interact-with-trade-industry-on-tax-laws-on-issues-relating-to-compliance-procedure-for-the-excise-duty\/","url_meta":{"origin":359278,"position":2},"title":"Government accepts the recommendations of Sub-Committee of the High Level Committee to interact with Trade &#038; Industry on Tax Laws on issues relating to compliance procedure for the excise duty","author":"Sucheta","date":"July 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In this year\u2019s Budget, a nominal excise duty of 1% [without input and capital goods credit] or 12.5% [with input tax credit] has been imposed on articles of jewellery with simplified procedures. In this connection, the Central Government had constituted a Sub-Committee of the High Level Committee to interact with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":362320,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/02\/legislation-roundup-september-2025-legal-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":359278,"position":3},"title":"Legislation Roundup September 2025: New GST Rates; new legal framework for foreigners and immigration; Unified Pension Scheme; RBI&#8217;s penalty on PhonePe; and more","author":"Kriti","date":"October 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Discover the latest legislative updates from September 2025, including all updates on new GST Rates, Foreign Legislations, State Legislations, Rules, Notifications; and more.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legal RoundUp&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legal RoundUp","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/columns-for-roundup\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Legislation Roundup September 2025","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Legislation-Roundup-September-2025.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Legislation-Roundup-September-2025.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Legislation-Roundup-September-2025.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Legislation-Roundup-September-2025.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33581,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2016\/01\/24\/gold-monetisation-scheme-modified\/","url_meta":{"origin":359278,"position":4},"title":"Gold Monetisation Scheme modified","author":"Sucheta","date":"January 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"After the launch of Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) on 5th November, 2015 by the Government, number of suggestions were received to make the scheme easier for the customers to participate. Accordingly, in consultation with Government, RBI has issued a Master Direction on GMS on 21st January, 2016, which amends the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Press-Information-Bureau.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":263941,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/19\/provisions-for-conformity-assessment-scheme-for-grant-of-licence-to-use-or-apply-standard-mark-for-goods-introduced\/","url_meta":{"origin":359278,"position":5},"title":"Conformity assessment scheme for grant of licence to use or apply Standard Mark for goods, introduced","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"March 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"On March 16, 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Amendment Regulations, 2022 to further amend the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018. Key points: In Schedule II, the scheme X, which specifies Conformity assessment scheme for grant of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}