pune citybased jewellers fear that the new hallmarking unique id huid system might turn out to be another roadblock ahead of the coming festive season and cause heavy losses just when they are looking at getting business back on trackthe maharashtra rajya saraf suvarnakar federation mrssf which has over 300000 goldsmiths and 60000 jewellers as members stated that there were many inconsistencies in the new hallmarking system causing much confusion among the traders after keeping their shutters closed on monday as a sign of protest against the new hallmarking system the memberjewellers have decided to wait till friday to take a call on the next course of action and make the government consider their demand for returning to the old system said nitin ashtekar vicepresident of the pune saraf association psagovt says no impact of jewellers strike against gold hallmarking rulesthe strike called by a very small section of jewellers has had no impact the consumer affairs ministry said in a statementsee more details fatechand ranka president of psa and mrssf said there have been many cases of repeat huids in cities such as mumbai kolkata and pune if anything like this happens the jewellers will be responsible even if they are not at fault advt saurabh gadgil chairman and managing director png jewellers said though it seems tedious now huid will improve the goodwill of the indian gold jewellery industry as unscrupulous players will shut shop by anjali jhangiani tnn published on aug 27 2021 at 0105 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app gold hallmarking jewellery tranders retailers huid gold jewellery homenewsjewellers fear losses due to new norms of hallmarking