New standards for gold jewellery, including compulsory hallmarking are likely to be implemented in the country from January to safeguard the interests of consumers. Jewellers will get about six months to get the hallmarking licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), top sources in the government told The Statesman. This will come as a …
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November 22, 2017All is not well at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry if one goes by the number of complaints posted on the Centralised Public Grievance and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) besides over a dozen ongoing court cases filed by the employees against the alleged high-handedness of the …
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February 13, 2017All is not well at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry if one goes by the number of complaints posted on the Centralised Public Grievance and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) besides over a dozen ongoing court cases filed by the employees against the alleged high-handedness of the …
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February 13, 2017