As Dhanteras and Diwali approach, people start buying gold and silver. The crowd in the markets increases and the prices of gold and silver start increasing rapidly. In such a situation, with the rising prices, the danger of fake and adulterated gold has also increased. Recently a shocking case has come to light from Basti district of Uttar Pradesh.

The owner of a shop named Radha Jewelers in Basti district sold fake gold to hundreds of villagers at the same price as real gold. The accused sold fake gold worth more than Rs 2 crore and then closed the shop and ran away. After this case, people are now afraid of fake gold in the markets. In such a situation, let us tell you today that if you are also going to buy gold during Diwali, then which mobile app should you download on your phone.

Download this app on your phone before buying gold

Bureau of Indian Standards had launched BIS Care App to deal with the problem of fake gold. Through this app, customers can easily check any hallmarked jewelery in their mobile whether it is genuine or fake. If you are also going to buy jewelery in the market during Diwali, then first of all you will have to check the HUID number on the hallmarked jewellery. HUID is a six digit alphanumeric code. As soon as you enter this HUID in BIS Care App, you will know from which hallmarking center the jewelery is certified, what metal it is made of and what is its purity.

If the information given in the app does not match your jewellery, then understand that it could be fake jewellery. Regarding this, the Bureau of Indian Standards advises to buy only hallmarked gold, because hallmarking ensures that the gold is as per the standards of the Bureau of Indian Standards and it guarantees the buyers the purity of the metal they purchase.

You can also lodge a complaint on the app

BIS Care App is not only a medium to check the purity of gold, but through it common people can also lodge complaints directly. If the HUID number does not match the jewelery in the app or the shopkeeper is selling unhallmarked gold, the customer can report to the Bureau of Indian Standards and ask for investigation.

Keep these things in mind while buying gold

• Be sure to check BIS hallmark and 6 digital HUID numbers on jewellery.
• Check HUID by entering it in BIS Care App on your mobile.
• If there is no HUID on the jewelery or it is not matching on the app then do not buy that jewellery.

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Gold Purity Check: It is not a new thing to say how special gold is for Indians. From marriages to small functions or festivals, the ritual of buying or gifting gold to each other has been going on for a long time. The festivals of Dhanteras and Diwali are also going to come in a few days. Buying gold jewelery or coins during this period is considered auspicious. However, in the meantime, amid the rising prices of gold, there has been a decline in its purchases, but at the same time, the incidents of selling fake and or impure gold in the market are also increasing. Now the question comes how to avoid this?

Avoid becoming a victim of fraud

To protect buyers from such frauds, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has made hallmarking of gold mandatory in most of the districts and has launched a mobile app by the name of BIS Care, with the help of which consumers will be able to easily find out how pure the gold is. Is it fake or adulterated? The surprising thing is that for this you will have to spend only Rs 45. In this way you will be saved from becoming a victim of fraud while shopping.

Why is hallmarking important?

Whenever the demand for gold increases during the festive season, many businessmen try to earn profit by selling poor quality or adulterated gold. To deal with this, BIS has implemented hallmarking standards which guarantee the purity and quality of gold. Hallmarking is an official certificate which shows whether the gold is really as pure as the jeweler is claiming it to be. In a way, this gives confidence to the buyers. By November 14, 2024, a total of 361 districts in the country have come under the purview of mandatory hallmarking. That means jewelery purchased in these districts will be hallmarked.

How to determine purity in this way?

To check the purity of gold online, first of all go to Google Play Store or Apple App Store and download the BIS CARE app. Now look for the 6 digit HUID number on hallmark jewellery. After this, go to the app, go to the ‘Verify HUID’ option, enter the HUID number and click on the ‘Search’ button. With this you will know how pure the gold is, when and where it has been hallmarked etc.

If this information matches with the information given by the jeweler, then it is fine. Your gold is real. If there is no match, you can lodge a complaint through BIS CARE app. If you want to check the purity of gold offline, you can go to hallmarking centers recognized by BIS. They charge Rs 45 for the test. If the purity of hallmarked jewelery is found to be less than the purity indicated on it, the buyer will also be entitled to compensation.

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Akshaya tritiya 2025: Akshaya Tritiya is on 30 April this year. Buying gold on this day is considered very auspicious. It is believed that there is no lack of happiness and peace in life throughout the year by buying gold on this day. Apart from this, gold is also considered to be the best investment, so the day of Akshaya Tritiya inspires people to invest on gold. On this occasion, people buy gold jewelry, coins or utensils.

This year, due to geopolitical tension, American tariffs and a lot of gold purchases of central banks, its prices are on record high. In the midst of this rise in gold prices, if you are planning to buy gold on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya this year, then this news is for you.

Identify purity while buying gold

Usually, shops are filled with customers due to the trend of gold purchases on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. There is no time to buy gold by checking too much because the rest of the customers and shopkeepers are all in a hurry. In such a situation, there are difficulties in identifying pure gold.

However, while buying gold, it is very important to see whether the gold that you are buying is alive or not, or there is no adulteration in it. Taking care of the interest of the customers, the government has taken many measures so that they do not have to face cheating while buying gold by applying their deposits.

Identify pure gold in this way

Customers can take the help of BIS Care App of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to check how much gold is up. With the help of this app, you can easily check the hallmarking of any goods or ISI mark. You can download it from Play Store.

After this, you have to enter the hallmark unique Identification number and with this you will get information about the hallmark status. In this, you can take help of ‘Verify Huid’ check of HUID number. Similarly, ISI mark will be able to check its purity from ISI mark.

No confuse about carat

Apart from this, people are also confused about carat. 24 carat gold is considered the pure. Whereas in 22 carat gold, purity is 91.6 percent. However, 99.9 percent pure 24 carat gold is not used to make jewelery. They are sold in the market only as coins or bars. While 22 carat gold is used to make jewelry. Apart from these, gold is also of 18 carats and 14 carats, which have low purity.

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