Gem and jewellery industry has been at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic, with a vicious second wave of coronavirus currently gripping the country. From large and medium Corporate Jewellers to small and big associations everyone is coming forward to extend help in its own unique way.

The Centre has further extended the deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts by a fortnight till June 15 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal. Earlier it was expected to be implemented from 1 June 2021. In view of Covid, the government accepted the request of stakeholders to give jewellers some more time to get prepared for implementation and resolve issues