GI
TAGS FROM UTTARAKHAND – GEOGRAPHY
News:
Products from Uttarakhand
bag GI tags
What's
in the news?
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From a local brick-tea to textiles made
from a Himalayan plant, over 15 products from Uttarakhand have been given the
coveted GI tag by the Geographical Indications Registry.
GI
Tagged Products:
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Berinag Tea
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Bichhu Buti Fabrics
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Mandua, a finger millet
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Jhangora, a home grown millet
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Gahat, a pulse grown in dry areas
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Lal chawal, a red rice organically grown
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Kala Bhat (black soybean)
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Malta fruit
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Chaulai (ramdana), a grain used on fasting
days
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Buransh juice obtained from the red
flowers of the Rhododendron arboreum
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Pahari toor dal
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Uttarakhand likhai or wood carvings
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Nainital mombatti (candles)
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Rangwali pichhoda of Kumaon
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Ramnagar Nainital litchis
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Ramgarh Nainital peaches
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Chamoli wooden Ramman masks
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Almora Lakhori mirchis, a chilli variant.
Further
Reference - GI Tag