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Uttarakhand to apply for GI tags for 11 items.
Apr 27, 2022

In a bid to boost production of and profits from locally-grown and manufactured products, the Uttarakhand government has decided to apply for GI tag for 11 items, primarily food grains: red rice, berinag tea, buransh (rhododendron) squash, malta, gahat, mandua, jhangora, kala bhat, chaulai, lakhori chilly and pahari toor daal.
 
State agriculture and horticulture minister Ganesh Joshi made the announcement during the 27th online meeting of the Indian Agricultural Research Association (IACR) on Friday.
 
The step aims to act as an incentive for farmers, so that they take up agriculture of crops that are endemic to Uttarakhand, once these items find a larger market. A Geographical Indication (GI) tag -- issued by the Registrar of Geographical Indications -- is a sign used on products to specify that they have a geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation owing to it. It would help protect a variety of pulses and hill products which are growing rare due to climate change, abandonment of villages and urbanisation in the plains.
 
The measure is also aimed at stopping migration in the hills. 'In Uttarakhand, scant transport options and lack of marketing channels continue to be prime reasons behind people turning away from farming. Few people want to take up agriculture as their major source of income,' Joshi said.
 
'Kidney beans of Harsil, Chakrata and Munsiyari, red paddy of Uttarkashi, maize of Chakrata and Nainital require adequate preservation and promotion for their survival. Munsyari rajma is already a GI-tagged product but its low production remains a concern in the state,' the minister added.
In 2021, Uttarakhand had got GI tags for seven items: Aipan craft and Ringal craft (art styles endemic to Uttarakhand), Tamta copperware products, Thulma (warm and light blankets spun from locally-sourced fabric), Bhotia dann carpet (rugs made by the nomadic Bhotia community), Chyura oil and Munsyari Rajma. The Indian bay leaf was the first item from Uttarakhand to get a GI tag.
    
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