News Excerpt:
Six more products from Uttar Pradesh have recently been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
More about the news:
- Chennai-based GI Registry has awarded the GI certification to the Banaras Tirangi Barfi and the five other Uttar Pradesh products.
- With these six new additions, Uttar Pradesh has retained its position as the state with the most GI-tagged products in India.
- The total number of GI-tagged products from Uttar Pradesh are 75.
- Tamil Nadu is second with 58 GI products.
- The first product to get the GI Tag from UP was Allahabad Surkha Amrood in 2008-09.
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Geographical Indication Tag:
- A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.
- In order to function as a GI, a sign must identify a product as originating in a given place.
- Geographical indications are typically used for agricultural products, foodstuffs, wine and spirit drinks, handicrafts, and industrial products.
- Geographical Indications are part of the intellectual property rights (IPR) that come under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
- In India, Geographical Indications registration is administered by the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act of 1999.
- The first GI tag in the country was given two decades ago to the famous Darjeeling tea.
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