New Delhi, March 12 -- Seven additional districts have been brought under mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts under the sixth phase of the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Amendment) Order, 2026, which came into force on March 2, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) said on Thursday.

"With the roll out of the sixth phase of mandatory hallmarking from March 2, 2026, seven additional districts--Rupnagar in Punjab, Banda in Uttar Pradesh, Beed in Maharashtra, Gomati in Tripura, Katihar in Bihar, Beawar in Rajasthan and Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh--have been included, taking the total number of districts covered under mandatory hallmarking to 380," the BIS said in a statement.

The move is part of the phased ...