{"id":126953,"date":"2022-12-16T13:08:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T07:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=126953"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T07:38:49","slug":"centre-awards-nine-gi-tags-to-take-total-to-432","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/centre-awards-nine-gi-tags-to-take-total-to-432\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre awards nine GI tags to take total to 432"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Centre awards nine GI tags to take total to 432: <\/strong>The\u00a0govt of India has granted the GIs tags\u00a0to nine new items on 14th December 2022\u00a0including\u00a0Gamocha (Assam), Tandur red gram (Telangana), Raktsey Karpo apricot (Ladakh), Alibag white onion (Maharashtra).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-december-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">December 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerala has been awarded five GI tags for its agricultural produce. With this, the&nbsp;total number of GI tags&nbsp;in India comes to&nbsp;432. Top five states holding the&nbsp;maximum number of GIs are Karnataka,&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is GI Tag?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Geographical Indication is recognised by the World Trade Organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is used to denote the geographical territory from where a product&#8211;agricultural, natural or manufactured&#8211;originates, and also carries an assurance of quality and attributes unique to that specific geographic region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India became a signatory to this convention, when, as a member of WTO, it enacted the Geographical Indications (Registration and Protection) Act, of 1999, which came into effect on September 15, 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre awards nine GI tags to take total to 432: The\u00a0govt of India has granted the GIs tags\u00a0to nine new items on 14th December 2022\u00a0including\u00a0Gamocha (Assam), Tandur red gram (Telangana), Raktsey Karpo apricot (Ladakh), Alibag white onion (Maharashtra). December 2022 Current Affairs Quiz Kerala has been awarded five GI tags for its agricultural produce. 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