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IAS Exam
Dated:03Sep2016

INDIA'S GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATION
AGeographicalIndication(GI)isasignusedon
productsthathaveaspecificgeographicalorigin
andpossessqualitiesorareputationthataredue
tothatorigin.InordertofunctionasaGI,asign
mustidentifyaproductasoriginatinginagiven
place.
Forexample,MadhubanipaintingsBihar.

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION

Significance of GI tag
India's GI List Gets Longer with 20 New ProductsYou
might have heard of intellectual properties rights
like Copyright, Patent, Trademark etc. Geographical
Indication Tag provides similar rights and protection
to holders.
A geographical indication right enables those who
have the right to use the indication to prevent its use
by a third party whose product does not conform to
the applicable standards. For example, in the
jurisdictions in which the Darjeeling geographical
indication is protected, producers of Darjeeling tea
can exclude the use of the term Darjeeling for tea
not grown in their tea gardens or not produced
according to the standards set out in the code of
practice for the geographical indication.

India's GI List Gets Longer with 20

New Products
Wooden lacquer wear and toys from Varanasi,
Bengaluru rose onion, Naga tree tomato, Mizo chilli,
Makrana marble from Rajasthan, Nendran banana
from Kerala and Meerut scissors - the Geographical
Indications (GI) Registry has just got longer.
The Office of the Geographical Indications Registry,
Chennai, has registered 20 more agriculture
produce, handicrafts, manufactured goods, food
stuff and natural material from across the country.
With this, there are 235 products that have received
the GI index.

Khurja Pottery Handicraft Uttar Pradesh

Bangalore Rose Onion Agricultural Karnataka

Naga Tree Tomato Agricultural Nagaland

Arunachal Orange Agricultural Arunachal Pradesh

Sikkim Large Cardamom Agricultural Sikkim
Mizo Chilli Agricultural Mizoram

Joynagarer Moa Food Stuff West Bengal

Meerut Scissors Manufactured Uttar Pradesh

Banaras Gulabi Meenakari Craft Handicraft Uttar

Pradesh
Leather Toys of Indore (LOGO) Handicraft Madhya
Pradesh
Makrana Marble Natural Rajasthan
Ratlami Sev Food Stuff Madhya Pradesh
Assam Karbi Anglong Giner Agricultural Assam
Tripura Queen Pineapple Agricultural Assam
Tezpur Litchi Agricultural Assam
Varanasi Wooden Lacquer Wear & Toys Handicraft
Uttar Pradesh
Mirzapur Handmade Dari Handicraft Uttar Pradesh
Khasi Mandarin Agricultural Meghalaya
Kachai Lemon Agricultural Manipur
Chengalikodan Nendran Banana Agricultural - Kerala

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Geographical
_Indications_in_India