Q. In terms of number of registered GI tags in India, What is the rank of Karnataka?
Answer:
1st
Notes: Karnataka ranked
first in terms of number of registered GI tags in India. Karnataka has the highest 42 Geographical Indication tagged products. Karnataka has 4 GI Logos also. Some of the GI Products of Karnataka are: Channapatna toys, Navalgunda dhurries, Kolhapuri chappals, Udupi jasmine, Udupi Muttu Gulla Brinjal, Udupi Sarees, Sandur Lambani embroidery Bidriware, Kamalapur red banana, Mysore Rosewood Inlay and Ganjifa cards.
State government is promoting these products by organising awareness programmes, registration of authorised users and diagnostic study as per the State Geographical Indications Policy announced in 2019 for promotion of registered Geographical Indications.