New Delhi, June 4 -- The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is conducting market surveys and assessments to develop a framework for silver hallmarking, said Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Director General Sanjay Garg on Thursday.

Speaking with ANI on the sidelines of a FICCI event, Garg said the exercise is currently at the study stage and no timeline has been fixed for the implementation of mandatory silver hallmarking.

"The work is in progress, we are doing some surveys in the market and assessing what kind of hallmarking infrastructure would be required, what will be the scale and what will be the parameters, what exemptions will be given. We are studying all this. It may take some time, but it is in the process," Garg said when asked...