The Government is considering giving the Geographically Indication (GI) tag to many more commodities including cashew, litchi, sarees and marine products.
So far total of 320 products have been given GI status in India and they have been registered. Darjeeling Tea, Tirupathi Laddu, Kangra Paintings, Nagpur Orange and Kashmir Pashmina are among registered GIs in India. Karnataka tops with 38 GI products, followed by Maharashtra which has 32.
The government of India has identified six districts across the country with great potential for economic development. These districts include Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Muzaffarpur in Bihar,