India aims to register 10,000 GI products by 2030: Minister
India aims to register 10,000 GI (geographical indication) products by 2030 from the current 605, said Mr Piyush Goyal, Commerce and Industry Minister, while speaking at GI Samagam. He said that a committee will be set up to oversee this effort, to take the GI registrations to 10,000 by 2030. He emphasised promoting these products on the GeM (government e-market place) platform and suggested that e-commerce players promote these goods on their platform. He also said that the government is hiring more people to strengthen the workforce of the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and TradeMarks (CGPDTM). The famous goods which carry this tag include Basmati Rice, Darjeeling Tea, Chanderi Fabric, Mysore Silk, Kullu Shawl, Kangra Tea, Thanjavur Paintings, Allahabad Surkha, Farrukhabad Prints, Lucknow Zardozi and Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving, as per a report.
Source: Exim News Service: New Delhi, Jan. 23