Bureau of Indian Standards Archives

Discussions with stakeholders are going on to finalize the guidelines for hallmarking gold bullion

Commerce

Mandatory hallmarking of gold bullion will not come into effect from...

PGurus Newsdesk - May 7, 2023 1

From July 1, gold bullion hallmarking is not going to be mandatory as the Center is only starting consultations Consumer Affairs Ministry sources said there...

The Central Govt has said that the gold jewellery and other artifacts can’t be sold without the mandatory Hallmark Unique Identification Number (HUID) from April 1, 2023

Laws

Centre prohibits sale of hallmarked jewellery without six-digit unique ID number...

PGurus Newsdesk - March 5, 2023 0

Govt tweaks rule on sale of gold items On Saturday the Central government announced that after March 31, 2023, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)...

Toy manufacturing units, including foreign manufacturing units exporting toys to India are required to obtain BIS licence for safety of toys

Commerce

29 licences granted to foreign toy manufacturing units, none to Chinese

PGurus Newsdesk - February 3, 2023 1

No licence to Chinese toymaker: BIS Under the Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) Foreign Manufacturers certification scheme, 29 licences have been granted to foreign toy...

Television manufacturers would have to follow these specifications while manufacturing such television sets

Technology

Good News! Soon watch all free-to-air channels of official broadcaster Doordarshan...

PGurus Newsdesk - January 10, 2023 1

TV sets to soon have inbuilt tuners to ensure viewers get all free-to-air Doordarshan channels without the need for a set-top box Television viewers will...

India secured over 90% of the votes cast by full members of the IEC during its general meeting held recently in San Francisco

International/ World news

India wins vice presidency and SMB chair of International Electrotechnical Commission...

PGurus Newsdesk - November 25, 2022 1

Vimal Mahendru to be the International Electrotechnical Commission Vice President representing India By securing over 90 percent of the votes cast by full members of...