Revised BIS Hallmarking Charges Effective 14 September 2026

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has revised the hallmarking charges payable by jewellers to recognised Assaying and Hallmarking Centres. The new rates take effect from 14 September 2026 under the Bureau of Indian Standards (Hallmarking) Amendment Regulations, 2026, published in The Gazette of India (Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 557).

This is the first revision to the hallmarking fee schedule since 2022, and it applies uniformly to all BIS-recognised hallmarking centres across India, including Varsha Bullion Hallmarking Centres.

New Hallmarking Charges

The revised charges payable by jewellers for hallmarking are as follows:

The minimum consignment charge applies where the per-article total for a single consignment falls below the minimum. For example, a gold consignment of two articles (2 × ₹75 = ₹150) is charged the ₹200 minimum. Applicable taxes (GST) are extra, over and above the charges shown above.

What Has Changed

The revised schedule increases the per-article hallmarking fee for both gold and silver and introduces a clearly defined minimum charge per consignment. The change is set out in Schedule IV of the amended regulations, which replaces the earlier fee schedule in the Bureau of Indian Standards (Hallmarking) Regulations, 2018.

Jewellers should update their internal costing and invoicing to reflect the new per-article and minimum consignment charges from 14 September 2026 onward.

Why the Charges Have Been Revised

Hallmarking centres are today handling close to three times the operational workload of earlier years, alongside significantly increased compliance requirements under the HUID (Hallmark Unique Identification) framework and expanded mandatory hallmarking. At the same time, the effective volume of billable work has reduced substantially.

The revised charges are intended to keep hallmarking centres viable so they can continue to deliver accurate, timely and fully compliant testing and hallmarking to the jewellery trade.

What Jewellers Should Do

1. Update purchase and job-work costing to reflect ₹75 per gold article and ₹35 per silver article, plus applicable GST.
2. Account for the minimum consignment charge of ₹200 (gold) and ₹150 (silver) when submitting small lots.
3. Where practical, consolidate articles into larger consignments so the per-article rate, rather than the minimum, applies.
4. Retain the BIS Gazette notification for your records and for reference during audits.

Varsha Bullion Hallmarking Centres has adopted the revised charges with effect from 14 September 2026, in line with the BIS notification. For any clarification on how the new charges apply to your consignments, please contact us.