✅Important GI Tag in News
• GI( Geographical Indication)
Registration and protection Act 1999
Enactment in 2003
Comes under DPIIT, ministry of commerce and industry
Validity -10 years
First GI tag of India - Darjeeling Tea 2004-05( west bengal)
Total Product -465
Total 33 products added in 22-23
Higest tag in FY23- Kerala
Recently some products added
Including:-
Kangra Tea - Himachal Pradesh
Basholi Painting - J&K
Mircha Rice - west champaran Bihar
Wood carving -Ladakh
Banersai Paan , Langda Mango- Uttarpradesh
Morena Mango, Rewa Mango- Madhya Pradesh
Nagri Dubri Rice - Chhattisgarh
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