In October 2021, Geographical Indication (GI) tags were issued by the Chennai registry for 51 new products, including a German beer (Muncener Bier). Italian veined blue cheese (gorgonzola), plant resin (Chios Mastiha) from Greece, and a variety of seed cone (zatecky chmel) from the Czech Republic. As many as nine products in the latest list, including Banaras hand block print and Manu saree were from Uttar Pradesh. Kumaon chyura oil and Ringal craft were from Uttarkhand.
Meanwhile, five products in Tamil Nadu earned the GI tags- Kanyakumari clove. Thanjavur Netti works. Karuppur Kalamkari paintings, and wood carvings of Arumbavur and Kallakurichi Kuttiattoor mango and Edayur chilli from Kerala, and Lahauli knitted socks and gloves, and Chamba chappal from Himachal Pradesh too were part of the list. Others included telia rumal of Telangana, Sojat mehndi of Rajasthan, Manjush art of Bihar, Sohrai-Khovar painting of Jharkhand, Mizo ginger of Mizoram, and Dalle Khursani of Sikkim.
Kuttiattoor Mango, Edayur chilli is on the list from Kerala while Lahauli Knitted Socks and Gloves and Chamba chappal got GI tag from Himachal Pradesh.
Other new entrants to the GI club include Telia Rumal of Telangana, Sojat Mehndi of Rajasthan, Manjush Art of Bihar, Sohrai-Khovar painting of Jharkhand, Mizo Ginger of Mizoram, Dalle Khursani of Sikkim, among others.
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