Basmati Rice Current Affairs, GK & News
Export of Regional, and GI Agri Products
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has been identifying new GI tagged Agri products so that they can be exported to new destinations. Overview: Geographical Indication (GI) tag is a unique identifier that is given to a product, which defines the region of origin of that product. This tag also signifies the product’s origin as ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Basmati Rice • Darjeeling tea • Geographical Indication (GI) tag • GI tagged Agri products • Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Spice Xchange India Portal
The Spice Board of India recently launched the Spice Exchange Portal. The portal will act as a meeting point between the Indian spice exporters and the buyers all over the world. This platform is first of its kind in the country. The platform was launched by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The portal ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Artificial intelligence • Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Basmati Rice • kashmiri saffron • Portals • Saffron • Spice Xchange India Portal • Spices
GoI allows Export of Onions
In September 2019, GoI had banned the export of onions in order to bring down its prices in the country. The prices of the key cooking ingredient had soared due to supply disruptions and floods in the major onion producing states Haryana and Maharashtra. Highlights Onion prices peaked in December 2019 as rains hit the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Basmati Rice • Export • Floods • heavy rains • Kharif crop • Onion Prices • Rabi Crops
Geographical Indication tag for Basmati rice of 7 states approved
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has ordered Chennai based Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) to issue ‘Geographical Indication’ tag for basmati rice. This GI tag will be issued to basmati rice variety grown in 7 states in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) on the foothills of the Himalayas. These states are Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Topics: Agriculture • APEDA • Basmati Rice • Current Affairs - 2017 • Current Affairs 2016 • Geographical indication • IPAB