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Govt amends gold jewellery hallmarking order, 6 new districts added; check state-wise full list
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5 min read | Updated on November 09, 2026, 16:43 IST
SUMMARY
The amendment provides a comprehensive, state-by-state list of specific districts across India, spanning states from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal and union territories like Chandigarh, Delhi, and Puducherry, where hallmarking regulations are implemented.
Gold hallmarking is now mandatory in 398 districts. | Image: Shutterstock
The fourth amendment to the 2020 order, notified on November 2, 2026, has made hallmarking of gold jewellery compulsory in 398 districts across 26 states and union territories, which is six more than the 392 districts covered by the previous amendment notified on August 3, 2026.
Jewellers and buyers in the newly added districts come under the rule with immediate effect.
The amendment provides a comprehensive, state-by-state list of specific districts across India, spanning states from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal and union territories like Chandigarh, Delhi, and Puducherry, where hallmarking regulations are implemented.
What are the new districts?
Six districts added to the list are Bihar's West Champaran, Delhi's gains South West Delhi, Gujarat's Panchmahal, Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr and Sant Kabir Nagar and Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag.
Every other state and union territory carries the same list as in August. South East Delhi was already on the earlier list.
The department's notification, S.O. 5997(E) dated November 2, 2026, is called the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Fourth Amendment) Order, 2026. It recorded that the principal order was published as S.O. 205(E) dated January 15, 2020, and was "lastly amended vide number S.O. 4345(E), dated the 3rd August, 2026".
The order is signed by Richa Misra, Additional Secretary, under file number V-6/1/2017-BIS(Part-2), and was published in the Gazette on November 3, 2026.
State-wise list of districts where hallmarking is mandatory
| State/Union Territory | Districts Covered | No. of Districts |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Annamayya, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema, East Godavari, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool, Sri Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Garu, Nandyal, Nellore, Prakasham, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari, Palnadu | 18 |
| Assam | Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Jorhat, Kamrup Metro, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Tinsukia, Siva Sagar, Dhubri, Sonitpur | 12 |
| Bihar | Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gaya, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Rohtas, Samastipur, Saran, Sitamarhi, Saharsa, Siwan, Madhepura, Purnea, Vaishali, West Champaran | 26 |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur, Rajnandagaon, Surguja | 5 |
| Delhi | Central Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, South Delhi, South East Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi | 9 |
| Goa | North Goa, South Goa | 2 |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Botad, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Morbi, Navsari, Panchmahal, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Tapi, Vadodara, Valsad | 26 |
| Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurugram, Hissar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Palwal, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar, Jhajjar, Panchkula, Panipat | 21 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi | 4 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar, Udhampur | 5 |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Ranchi, Deoghar, Ramgarh | 7 |
| Karnataka | Bagalkot, Belagavi, Bengaluru Urban, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uduppi, Uttara Kannada, Vijaypura (Bijapur), Chikkamagaluru, Bellary | 20 |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Idukki | 14 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Balaghat, Bhopal, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Dewas, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Morena, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Satna, Ujjain, Sagar, Vidisha | 19 |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Palghar, Parbhani, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Wardha, Yavatmal | 30 |
| Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Ganjam, Jajpur, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Sambalpur, Nayagarh, Sundargarh | 12 |
| Puducherry | Puducherry, Karaikal | 2 |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Malerkotla, Mansa, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala, Rupnagar, Sangrur, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Sri Muktsar Sahib | 20 |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Beawar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kota, Kotputli-Behror, Nagaur, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sriganganagar, Udaipur, Jalore, Bharatpur, Dungarpur, Barmer, Bundi, Karauli | 26 |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakuruchi, Kancheepuram, Kanyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupathur, Tirupur, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Viluppuram, Mayiladuthurai, Chengalpattu | 32 |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Khammam, Mancherial, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Peddapalli, Rangareddy, Warangal (Rural), Warangal (Urban), Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, Bhadradri Kothagudem | 13 |
| Tripura | Gomati, North Tripura, West Tripura | 3 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Prayagraj, Ambedkar Nagar, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Ballia, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bhadohi, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Etawah, Faizabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur Nagar, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pratapgarh, Raebareli, Saharanpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Varanasi, Basti, Lakhimpur Kheri, Rampur, Ghazipur, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Mau, Bijnor | 41 |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Udham Singh Nagar, Pithoragarh, Almora | 8 |
| West Bengal | Alipurduar, Bankura, Birbhum, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Hooghly, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Cooch Behar, Kolkata, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Bardhaman, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, South 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur | 22 |
| Total | 398 districts across 26 States/UTs | 398 |
Buyers are advised to always by hallmarked jewelleries.
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