On September 6, 2023, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, through its Department of Consumer Affairs, released a new order amending the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts Order of 2020. This latest order aims to further regulate the hallmarking process in various Indian states and union territories.
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MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(Department of Consumer Affairs)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 6th September, 2023
S.O. 3967(E).—In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (3) of section 14 read with sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 15, sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 16, section 17 and sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, hereby makes the following Order, further to amend the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts Order, 2020, namely:-
1. (1) This Order may be called the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Third Amendment) Order, 2023.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts Order, 2020, for ANNEXURE, the following ANNEXURE shall be substituted, namely:-
“ANNEXURE
| Serial Number |
State/Union Territory | District |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1. Anantapur |
| 2. Annamayya | ||
| 3. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema | ||
| 4. East Godavari | ||
| 5. Eluru | ||
| 6. Guntur | ||
| 7. Kadapa | ||
| 8. Krishna | ||
| 9. Kurnool | ||
| 10. N.T.R | ||
| 11. Nandyal | ||
| 12. Nellore | ||
| 13. Prakasham | ||
| 14. Srikakulam | ||
| 15. Visakhapatnam | ||
| 16. Vizianagaram | ||
| 17. West Godavari | ||
| 2 | Assam | 1. Barpeta |
| 2. Bongaigaon | ||
| 3. Cachar | ||
| 4. Jorhat | ||
| 5. Kamrup Metro | ||
| 6. Nagaon | ||
| 7. Tinsukia | ||
| 8. Siva Sagar | ||
| 3 | Bihar | 1. Begusarai |
| 2. Bhagalpur | ||
| 3. Bhojpur | ||
| 4. Buxar | ||
| 5. Darbhanga | ||
| 6. East Champaran | ||
| 7. Gaya | ||
| 8. Khagaria | ||
| 9. Kishanganj | ||
| 10. Madhubani | ||
| 11. Munger | ||
| 12. Muzaffarpur | ||
| 13. Nalanda | ||
| 14. Nawada | ||
| 15. Patna | ||
| 16. Rohtas | ||
| 17. Samastipur | ||
| 18. Saran | ||
| 19. Sitamarhi | ||
| 20. Saharsa | ||
| 21. Siwan | ||
| 22. Madhepura | ||
| 23. Purnea | ||
| 4 | Chandigarh | 1. Chandigarh |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 1. Bilaspur |
| 2. Durg | ||
| 3. Raipur | ||
| 4. Rajnandagaon | ||
| 6
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Delhi
|
1. Central Delhi |
| 2. East Delhi | ||
| 3. New Delhi | ||
| 4. North Delhi | ||
| 5. North West Delhi | ||
| 6. South Delhi | ||
| 7. South east Delhi | ||
| 8. West Delhi | ||
| 7 | Goa | 1. North Goa |
| 2. South Goa | ||
| 8 | Gujarat | 1. Ahmedabad |
| 2. Amreli | ||
| 3. Anand | ||
| 4. Banaskantha | ||
| 5. Bharuch | ||
| 6. Bhavnagar | ||
| 7. Botad | ||
| 8. Devbhoomi Dwarka | ||
| 9. Gir Somnath | ||
| 10. Jamnagar | ||
| 11. Junagadh | ||
| 12. Kheda | ||
| 13. Kutch | ||
| 14. Mehsana | ||
| 15. Morbi | ||
| 16. Navsari | ||
| 17. Patan | ||
| 18. Porbandar | ||
| 19. Rajkot | ||
| 20. Sabarkantha | ||
| 21. Surat | ||
| 22. Surendranagar | ||
| 23. Tapi | ||
| 24. Vadodara | ||
| 25. Valsad | ||
| 9 | Haryana | 1. Ambala |
| 2. Bhiwani | ||
| 3. Charkhi Dadri | ||
| 4. Faridabad | ||
| 5. Fatehabad | ||
| 6. Gurugram | ||
| 7. Hissar | ||
| 8. Jind | ||
| 9. Kaithal | ||
| 10. Karnal | ||
| 11. Kurukshetra | ||
| 12. Mahendragarh | ||
| 13. Palwal | ||
| 14. Rewari | ||
| 15. Rohtak | ||
| 16. Sirsa | ||
| 17. Sonipat | ||
| 18. Yamuna Nagar | ||
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 1. Hamirpur |
| 2. Kangra | ||
| 3. Mandi | ||
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1. Jammu |
| 2. Kathua | ||
| 3. Samba | ||
| 4. Srinagar | ||
| 5. Udhampur | ||
| 12 | Jharkhand | 1. Bokaro |
| 2. Dhanbad | ||
| 3. East Singhbhum | ||
| 4. Garhwa | ||
| 5. Ranchi | ||
| 6. Deoghar | ||
| 13 | Karnataka | 1. Bagalkot |
| 2. Belagavi | ||
| 3. Bengaluru urban | ||
| 4. Dakshina kannada | ||
| 5. Davanagere | ||
| 6. Dharwad | ||
| 7. Gadag | ||
| 8. Gulbarga | ||
| 9. Hassan | ||
| 10. Kolar | ||
| 11. Mandya | ||
| 12. Mysore | ||
| 13. Raichur | ||
| 14. Shimoga | ||
| 15. Tumkur | ||
| 16. Uduppi | ||
| 17. Uttara kannada | ||
| 18. Vijaypura (Bijapur) | ||
| 19. Chikkamagaluru | ||
| 20. Bellary | ||
| 14 | Kerala | 1. Alappuzha |
| 2. Ernakulam | ||
| 3. Kannur | ||
| 4. Kasaragod | ||
| 5. Kollam | ||
| 6. Kottayam | ||
| 7. Kozhikode | ||
| 8. Malappuram | ||
| 9. Palakkad | ||
| 10. Pathanamthitta | ||
| 11. Thiruvananthapuram | ||
| 12. Thrissur | ||
| 13. Wayanad | ||
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 1. Balaghat |
| 2. Bhopal | ||
| 3. Chhatarpur | ||
| 4. Chhindwara | ||
| 5. Dewas | ||
| 6. Gwalior | ||
| 7. Indore | ||
| 8. Jabalpur | ||
| 9. Katni | ||
| 10. Morena | ||
| 11. Ratlam | ||
| 12. Rewa | ||
| 13. Satna | ||
| 14. Ujjain | ||
| 16 | Maharashtra | 1. Ahmednagar |
| 2. Akola | ||
| 3. Amravati | ||
| 4. Aurangabad | ||
| 5. Chandrapur | ||
| 6. Dhule | ||
| 7. Jalgaon | ||
| 8. Jalna | ||
| 9. Kolhapur | ||
| 10. Latur | ||
| 11. Mumbai city | ||
| 12. Mumbai suburban | ||
| 13. Nagpur | ||
| 14. Nanded | ||
| 15. Nandurbar | ||
| 17 | Odisha | 1. Balasore |
| 2. Bhadrak | ||
| 3. Cuttack | ||
| 4. Ganjam | ||
| 5. Jajpur | ||
| 6. Khordha | ||
| 7. Mayurbhanj | ||
| 8. Puri | ||
| 9. Sambalpur | ||
| 18 | Puducherry | 1. Puducherry |
| 19 | Punjab | 1. Amritsar |
| 2. Barnala | ||
| 3. Bathinda | ||
| 4. Fatehgarh Sahib | ||
| 5. Fazilka | ||
| 6. Ferozepur | ||
| 7. Gurdaspur | ||
| 8. Hoshiarpur | ||
| 9. Jalandhar | ||
| 10. Kapurthala | ||
| 11. Ludhiana | ||
| 20 | Rajasthan | 1. Ajmer |
| 2. Alwar | ||
| 3. Banswara | ||
| 4. Bhilwara | ||
| 5. Bikaner | ||
| 6. Churu | ||
| 7. Hanumangarh | ||
| 8. Jaipur | ||
| 9. Jhunjhunu | ||
| 10. Jodhpur | ||
| 11. Kota | ||
| 12. Nagaur | ||
| 13. Pali | ||
| 14. Sawai Madhopur | ||
| 15. Sikar | ||
| 16. Sirohi | ||
| 17. Sriganganagar | ||
| 18. Udaipur | ||
| 19. Jalore | ||
| 21 | Tamil Nadu | 1. Chennai |
| 2. Coimbatore | ||
| 3. Cuddalore | ||
| 4. Dharmapuri | ||
| 5. Dindigul | ||
| 6. Erode | ||
| 7. Kallakuruchi | ||
| 8. Kanyakumari | ||
| 9. Karur | ||
| 10. Krishnagiri | ||
| 11. Madurai | ||
| 12. Nagapattinam | ||
| 13. Namakkal | ||
| 14. Pudukkottai | ||
| 15. Ramanathapuram | ||
| 16. Salem | ||
| 17. Sivaganga | ||
| 18. Tenkasi | ||
| 19. Thanjavur | ||
| 20. Theni | ||
| 21. Thoothukudi | ||
| 22. Tiruchirappalli | ||
| 23. Tirunelveli | ||
| 24. Tirupathur | ||
| 25. Tirupur | ||
| 26. Tiruvannamalai | ||
| 27. Tiruvarur | ||
| 28. Vellore | ||
| 29. Viluppuram | ||
| 22 | Telangana | 1. Hyderabad |
| 2. Khammam | ||
| 3. Mancherial | ||
| 4. Medchal-Malkajgiri | ||
| 5. Nalgonda | ||
| 6. Nizamabad | ||
| 7. Peddapalli | ||
| 8. Rangareddy | ||
| 9. Warangal (Rural) | ||
| 10. Warangal (Urban) | ||
| 11. Karimnagar | ||
| 12. Mahabubnagar | ||
| 23 | Tripura | 1. North Tripura |
| 2. West Tripura | ||
| 24 | Uttar Pradesh | 1. Agra |
| 2. Prayagraj | ||
| 3. Ambedkar Nagar | ||
| 4. Auraiya | ||
| 5. Azamgarh | ||
| 6. Ballia | ||
| 7. Barabanki | ||
| 8. Bareilly | ||
| 9. Bhadohi | ||
| 10. Budaun | ||
| 11. Deoria | ||
| 12. Etawah | ||
| 13. Faizabad | ||
| 14. Gautam Buddha Nagar | ||
| 15. Ghaziabad | ||
| 16. Gorakhpur | ||
| 17. Jaunpur District | ||
| 18. Jhansi | ||
| 19. Kanpur Nagar | ||
| 20. Lucknow | ||
| 21. Mathura | ||
| 22. Meerut | ||
| 23. Mirzapur | ||
| 24. Moradabad | ||
| 25. Muzaffarnagar | ||
| 26. Pratapgarh | ||
| 27. Raebareli | ||
| 28. Saharanpur | ||
| 29. Shahjahanpur | ||
| 30. Varanasi | ||
| 31. Basti | ||
| 25 | Uttarakhand | 1. Dehradun |
| 2. Haridwar | ||
| 3. Nainital | ||
| 4. Pauri Garhwal | ||
| 5. Pithoragarh | ||
| 26 | West Bengal | 1. Alipurduar |
| 2. Bankura | ||
| 3. Birbhum | ||
| 4. Dakshin Dinajpur | ||
| 5. Darjeeling | ||
| 6. Hooghly | ||
| 7. Howrah | ||
| 8. Jalpaiguri | ||
| 9. Coochbehar | ||
| 10. Kolkata | ||
| 11. Malda | ||
| 12. Murshidabad | ||
| 13. Nadia | ||
| 14. North 24 Parganas | ||
| 15. Paschim Bardhaman | ||
| 16. Paschim Medinipur | ||
| 17. Purba Bardhaman | ||
| 18. Purba Medinipur | ||
| 19. Purulia | ||
| 20. South 24 Parganas | ||
| 21. Uttar Dinajpur |
[F. No. V-6/1/2017-BIS(Part-2)]
VINEET MATHUR, Jt. Secy.
Note:- The principal order was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 205 (E), dated the 15th January, 2020 and subsequently amended vide number S.O. 3513 (E), dated the 9th October, 2020, S.O. 2102 (E), dated the 1st June, 2021, S.O. 2481 (E), dated the 23rd June, 2021, S.O. 1594 (E), dated the 4th April, 2022, S.O. 1047 (E), dated the 6th March, 2023, and S.O. 1555 (E), dated the 31st March, 2023.
