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 craze is very high in India. From weddings to festivals, buying gold jewelery has been a tradition on every occasion. But gold prices have been touching the sky for some time. Today, the price of 24 carat gold has reached about 1 lakh per 10 grams. It has also become difficult for the common man to buy 22 carats or 18 carat jewelery at this price. Especially people from middle class and small towns now find some light, affordable options instead of heavy jewelry.

In such a situation, 9 carat gold jewelery is growing rapidly by becoming a new option. Gold has become so expensive that people are taking interest in shopping for cheap 9 carat jewelery instead of 22 or 18 carats. But there are many people confused about this, how much its quality is affected. So let us know how bad the jewelery made from 9 carat gold will be and will it be seen on seeing its adulteration.

How bad will the jewelery be made from 9 carat gold?

When we talk about 9 carats, it means only 37.5 percent pure gold in it, the rest is of other strong metals such as copper, silver and zinc. Its jewelery is more strong and durable. In such a situation, the jewelery made from 9 carat gold will not be very bad, but it is just a low purity, but real gold option. It is certified through BIS, and 375 written hallmarks on jewelery suggests that it has 37.5 percent gold. Therefore it is not adulterated.

Is 9 carat gold adulteration detected?

A common man will not know whether jewelery is 9 carats or 22 carats because both look golden and shiny. The copper, silver and zinc used in it gives him color like gold. Also, it looks like good polish and quite pure gold from design. Apart from this, it is necessary to have hallmarking on every jewelry in today’s time. BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) has implemented a special system for this. In which BIS logo, 375 which is 9 carats and HUID number, a unique code that gives full details of that jewelery. You can know that the jewel is real by scan or typing this HUID number through the BIS-Care app.

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