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From: "David Richards" <drvvrj...@gmail.com>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 1:37 AM
Subject: [AI] All that glitters is not gold!
Dear all Access Indians,
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has warned that fake hallmarking units
are flourishing in various parts of the country. Hallmarks as official
marks have been in use as a guarantee for the purity of gold and silver.
However, some recent raids conducted by the BIS have underlined the
proverb: All that glitters is not gold! BIS, the national standards body,
is operating the hallmarking scheme for gold and silver to protect the
public from adulteration. BIS recognizes assaying and hallmarking centres
across the country through a process of systematic assessment. These
recognized centres receive gold and silver from jewelers, test their
purity and then apply hallmark on them declaring their tested purity
level, according to an official communication. BIS officials, who
conducted a raid at a shop in Thrissur in Kerala recently, found that a
firm named Goldstar Assaying and Hallmarking Centre Private Ltd was
involved in various malpractices. Officials said that they had seized
nearly 4 kg of gold which had been spuriously hallmarked. "The jewellery
was also sealed by the BIS and action is being taken to derecognize the
centre," said H Ajay Khanna, deputy director of BIS. According to sources,
several such illegal units are functioning across the country to give fake
hallmarks to gold and silver. There are nearly 200 assaying centres
certified by BIS across the country. BIS officials urge the customers,
when buying the gold, to check the BIS symbol, quality of the gold, logo
of the hallmarking centre and jeweler's identification mark on the
ornaments. If there is any violations, people can contact BIS officials to
lodge a formal complaint from their respective cities.
"The gold is forever, it is beautiful, useful, and never wears out. Small
wonder that gold has priced over all else, in all ages, as the source of
value that will survive the travails of life and the ravages of time."
James Blakely.
"Gold is a treasure, he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this
world, and succeeds in helping the souls into paradise." Christopher
Columbus.
"Gold opens all the locks, but no lock holds against the power of the
gold." George Herbert.
"Gold is not necessary, I have no interest in gold, we'll build a solid
state, without an ounce of gold behind it, anyone who sells above the set
prices, let him be marched off to a concentration, it's the bastion of
money." Adolf Hitler.
Warm regards.
David Richards.
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