Some recent G I Tags

August 4, 2023

Seven products from across India, including four from Rajasthan, were given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai (under Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999).
The GI tags were secured by –

GI TAG PRODUCT	STATE	DESCRIPTION
Jalesar Dhatu Shilp	Uttar Pradesh	Includes decorative metal craft and brassware (like anklets, bells) practiced by Thatheras community.
Goa Mankurad Mango	Goa	also known as malcorada, cardozo mankurad, corado, and Goa mankur. The Portuguese named the fruit malcorada, which means ‘poor coloured’, and with time, it became mankurad aamo (mango) in Konkani.
Goan Bebinca	Goa	also known as the ‘queen of Goan desserts’, is a traditional Indo-Portuguese pudding.
Udaipur Koftgari Metal Craft	Rajasthan	weapons are exquisitely ornamented by a complicated process of etching designs, heating, and then cooling, intertwined with embedding gold and silver wire into the metal, pressing and flattening it to a smooth surface with moonstone, and finally polishing it.
Bikaner Kashidakari Craft	Rajasthan	traditionally created on cotton, silk or velvet with a variety of fine stitches and mirror-work, mainly for objects associated with marriage, especially gift items.
Jodhpur Bandhej Craft	Rajasthan	Rajasthani art of tying and dyeing. The fabrics used for Bandhej are muslin, silk and voile. Cotton thread is used for tying the fabric.
Bikaner Usta Kala Craft	Rajasthan	is also known as gold nakashi or gold manauti work due to the prominence of its long-lasting golden colour. Untreated raw camel hide is processed and moulded by the Dapgar community of leather craftspeople for the requirements of the Usta.