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GJEPC is Title Partner  of IIJS Jewellers Cricket League

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GJEPC is proud to be the Title Partner of the highly anticipated IIJS-JCL (Jewellers Cricket League), which kicked off on 11Apr  at the state-of-the-art Cricket Hub Ground, strategically located on the Banur-Landran Highway in Mohali. Representing GJEPC at this exciting event are esteemed officials Shamal Pote, Director along with team Pranabes Hazra and  S. Madaan. Together, they will showcase the Council’s dynamic activities and promote its initiatives to a wider audience, underscoring GJEPC’s commitment to innovation and community engagement.

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India’s Silver Market Grapples With A Surge In Counterfeit Silver

Impure Silver Is Proliferating Across Bars, Coins, Jewelry, and Everyday Household Items, Capitalizing On Strong Demand For The Precious Metal

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—India’s booming silver market is confronting a deepening purity crisis that threatens to erode investor confidence and expose consumers to health risks, as counterfeiters exploit record-high prices with a flood of substandard metal.

Impure silver is proliferating across bars, coins, jewelry, and everyday household items, capitalizing on strong demand for the precious metal as both an investment and industrial commodity. Despite the introduction of mandatory hallmarking rules in September 2025, compliance among jewelers remains patchy, leaving buyers with little assurance about what they are purchasing.

The consequences extend beyond financial loss. Substandard silver products often contain hazardous elements such as nickel, cadmium, and lead—contaminants that typically slip in through poorly refined scrap metal. Industry officials say the average purity of recycled silver has deteriorated sharply, falling from around 85% five years ago to just 50-55% today.

Infrastructure shortfalls are compounding the problem. India, which consumes nearly 7,000 tonnes of silver annually and imports more than 80% of its requirements, has only 286 government-recognized assaying and hallmarking centers. By comparison, the gold sector is supported by 1,595 such facilities. The mismatch has created bottlenecks as silver demand surges amid supply constraints that have pushed domestic prices as much as 10% above global benchmarks.

The Precious Metals Refineries Forum, an industry body representing refiners, has issued an urgent appeal for stronger oversight. It is calling on regulators to rigorously enforce hallmarking requirements, introduce compulsory licensing for silver refiners, and rapidly expand the network of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)-approved refineries and testing centers to levels comparable with those for gold.

The situation reflects the challenges of managing a fast-growing market for a metal that sits at the intersection of traditional investment, jewelry, and critical industrial uses. As silver prices remain elevated, the incentive for adulteration has only grown, testing the limits of India’s regulatory framework and its ability to safeguard one of the world’s largest precious-metals markets.

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