Exploring India's unique cultural legacy using GI tags.

A selection of 17 items from four states, including Odisha's Lanjia paintings, Arunanchal's Wancho Wooden Craft, and West Bengal's Kai Chutney, received the coveted Geographical Indication badge.

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GI Tags: India has now produced 500 items.

- Tamil Nadu leads the country in the number of GI-tagged items with 61, followed by Uttar Pradesh.

- With 285 and 196 goods, respectively, handicrafts and agriculture make up more than 80% of the GI classified category.

- The products included in the Graphical Indications register can be divided into five main groups:

1. Crafts

2. Farming

3. Food Items

4. Produced

5. Organic

GI tag: what is it? Who bestows it?

✅ Who issues GI tags in India?

- The tag is valid for 10 years, after which it can be renewed.

- The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry is in charge of launching the India Geographical Indications logo and slogan.

Top 5 Advantages of GI Tag:

1. It promotes the preservation of biodiversity, local knowledge, and natural resources.

2. It transforms into entrepreneurship with gig workers, resulting in a passion economy, a new opportunity for individuals to monetize their abilities and grow their enterprises.

3. The labour-intensive character of GI provides the greatest answer for increasing India's employment-to-population ratio.

4. It provides a strategy to reverse urban migration while preserving India's old crafts, culture, and cuisine.

It also helps to revitalise micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs).

5. It also intends to address the issues

- Strengthening ability and providing access to financing, whether official or informal.

- creating marketing links,

- Research & Development,

- product, innovation, and competitiveness in both domestic and global markets.