TNPSC Thervupettagam

New GI tags

December 18 , 2022 708 days 1022 0
  • Nine new items, including gamocha of Assam, Tandur red gram of Telangana, Raktsey Karpo apricot of Ladakh, and Alibag white onion of Maharashtra, have been given the coveted GI tag.
  • Kerala has been awarded five GI tags for its agricultural produce.
  • With this, the total number of GI tags in India comes to 432.
  • The top five states holding the maximum number of GIs are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala.
  • Of these, 401 are Indian-origin products, 31 foreign-origin.
  • Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are states with the highest number of GI tags, followed by Kerala (35), Uttar Pradesh (34), and Maharashtra (31).

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