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Mandatory Gold Hallmarking from June 1
The Government of India recently announced that it is fully prepared to implement mandatory hallmarking of gold artefacts and jewellery from June 1, 2021. Currently, Gold Hallmarking is voluntary in the country. What is Gold Hallmarking? Gold Hallmarking is providing purity certification to the gold jewellery and artefacts. Only three grades of jewelleries will now ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: BIS • Bureau of Indian Standards • Bureau of Indian standards Act 2016 • Hallmark
CSIR-CMERI transfers technology of community level Water Purification
On October 8, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research transferred “High Flow Rate Fluoride and Iron removal” technology to a Howrah based private firm. The technology is used for community level water purification. Highlights The water purification system has flow rate capacity of 10,000 litres per hour. It uses commonly available raw materials ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Bureau of Indian Standards • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • Fluoride • Groundwater pollution • Iron • Jal Jeevan mission • Water pollution
Extension of last date: Hallmarking of precious metals to be mandatory from 1st June 2021
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Sh. Ram Vilas Paswan has declared the provision of mandatory hallmarking of precious metals like gold jewellery and artifacts will be effective from 1st June next year. Key highlights The Govt. had announced mandatory hallmarking in November, last year. The announcement of the extension has been made during the launching ceremony ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Bureau of Indian Standards • Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council • Hallmark • Ministry of Consumer Affairs • Ram Vilas Paswan
BIS-Care App Launched by Ministry of Consumer Affairs
The mobile application of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), known as BIS- Care, has been launched by the Consumer Affairs Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan so that the consumers can check the authenticity of the ISI-marked and hallmarked products through the application. The customers can also lodge complaints using this platform. The BIS-Care app is ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: BIS • BIS-Care • Bureau of Indian Standards • Consumer Affairs Ministry • e-BIS
WHO: Ground Water contaminated with Uranium in India above 30 micro-gram per litre
On March 16, 2020, the Minister of State for Jal Shakti Shri Rattan Lal Kataria announced in the parliament that ground water is contaminated with Uranium at 30 micro-grams per litre in the country. Highlights According to the ministry, the World Health Organization has quoted that the ground water in localized areas of certain states ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Bureau of Indian Standards • Ground Water • Odisha • Parliament • Union ministry of Jal Shakti • Uranium • Uranium Contamination • Water pollution • World Health Organization (WHO)