Geographical Indication Tagging

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Topic- prelims (upsc) 

GI Tag

  • GI refers to indication of the special goods identified in a specific geographical area of any country, state, district, local bodies or villages.
  • GI Tagging represent the goods that are secured and no other person can use that registered name except authorised user.
  • User may be an individual,  groups, NGO, companies etc that registered themselves with geographical indication registry under registrar.
  • The head office of GI registry is in Chennai. 
  • Users are registered for a maximum of ten years but may be time to time renewal for next ten years and then again.......and so on.
  • Fee is  ₹ 5000 on registration for ten years.
  • Goods may be agricultural products, crafts, arts, fruits, textiles, metals, etc.
  • Goods must be special, specific, unique, in production, reputation or with any extra ordinary quality belongs to that territory specially.
  • It provides security to users to keep its products unique and gives protection from unfair competitions. And no others can use that registered product's name for manufacturing or sale.
  • Government searches market for these  goods for selling and export.
  • And given special attention on it.
Note- 

  • It came in existence in 2003 by an act known as 
    • The Geographical Indications of Goods ( Registration and protection) Act, 1999.
  • GI registry is quasi- judicial body 
  • Bar code and tag are provided as GI tag
Shahi litchi was the fourth agricultural products to get GI certification from Bihar in 2018, afterJardalu mango, Katarni rice and Magahi paan.  GI registration for Shahi Litchi is held with the Muzaffarpur-based Litchi Growers Association of Bihar.


G.I. TAGGED PRODUCTS OF INDIA 


West Bengal 

  1. Khirsapapati mango(malda)
  2. Lakshmanbhog mango ( malda)
  3. Fazil mango ( malda,)
  4. Amrapali   mango (malda)
  5. Chausa  mango( malda)
  6. Language  mango(nadia)
  7. Fazli  mango (malda)

Bihar 

  1. Jardalu mango (bhagalpur) : exported to UK
  2. Katarni rice
  3. Magadhi pan
  4. Shahi lichi(Muzaffarpur): India is the second largest producer of litchi (Litchi chin) in the world, after China. Muzzafarpur, Vaishali, Samastipur, Champaran, Begusarai districts and adjoining areas of Bihar have favorable climate for growing Shahi Litchi.
Andhra Pradesh 

  1. Banganapalli mango (krishna) 
  2. Survarnarekha mango ( chittor)
Tamilnadu 
  1. Madurai malli flower ( nilakottai, dindigul, sathyamangalam)
Uttar Pradesh 
  • Crafts of Varanasi district 
    • Brocade, 
    • Banarasi Sarees,
    • wooden toys,
    • glass beads, 
    • metal repousse,  
    • wall hanging.
  • Mirzapur district 
    • Sandstone,
    • Durries, 
    • pink enameling: It is the art of decorating a metal surface by fusing mineral substance on it. It is done jewellery items
  1. Hand made carpet (Bhadohi)
  2. Terracotta (Gorakhpur) 
  3. Perfume (Kannauj) 
  4. Metal craft (Moradabad) 
  5. Pottery (khurja)
  6. Black Pottery (Azamgarh)
  7. Kalanamak rice (Siddhanagar, Gorakhpur, Bahraich, sravasti, Maharajganj, Deoria etc.): it got GI tag in 2010-11 and its variety is KN-3.
  8. Dushhery mango  ( Malihabad)

Maharashtra 

  1. Jalgaon banana ( Jalgaon district) : It got certification in 2016. India is world’s leading producer of banana with a share of around 25% in total output. Exported to Dubai.
    • Andhra Pradesh, Maharasra,  Madhya pradesh  ,Uttar Pradesh, Tamilnadu,  Gujarat, Bihar,  Kerala contribute more than 70% country’s banana production.
GUJRAT 
  1. Bhalia wheat: It recieved GI certification in 2011. It is grown Bhatia region of Gujrat which includes Anand,  kheda, bhavanagar, bharuch, Ahmedabad, surendra Nagar. It has high protein content and is sweet in taste and grown in rainfed areas without Irrigation.  It is exported to Yeman, Sri Lanka, Indonesia,  Philippines, Iran, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Kenya 



Note:

  • Bihar, U.P., Telangana, Karnataka,o Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal are the mar  mango producer in India. And exported to various regions and countries including Middle East,  European Union,  USA, Japan,  South Korea etc.
  • India is world’s leading producer of banana with a share of around 25% in total output. Exported to Dubai.
    • Andhra Pradesh, Maharasra,  Madhya pradesh  ,Uttar Pradesh, Tamilnadu,  Gujarat, Bihar,  Kerala contribute more than 70% country’s banana production.
  • APEDA promotes export of agricultural and processed food product by providing assistance to the exporters under various components of its scheme such as Infrastructure development,  product quality development, market development, buyers sellers meets etc .
  • India is the second largest producer of litchi (Litchi chin) in the world, after China. Muzzafarpur, Vaishali, Samastipur, Champaran, Begusarai districts and adjoining areas of Bihar have favorable climate for growing Shahi Litchi.
Reference 

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727440

The Geographical Indications of Goods ( Registration and protection) Act, 1999

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