GI tags given to crafts from Rajasthan, mangoes grown in Goa

Last Updated03/08/2023

Seven products from across India, including four from Rajasthan, were given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
The GI tags were secured by ‘Jalesar Dhatu Shilp’ (a metal craft), ‘Goa Mankurad Mango’, ‘Goan Bebinca’, ‘Udaipur Koftgari Metal Craft’, ‘Bikaner Kashidakari Craft’, ‘Jodhpur Bandhej Craft’ and ‘Bikaner Usta Kala Craft’.

This variety of mango is also known as malcorada, cardozo mankurad, corado and Goa mankur.
The Portuguese named the fruit malcorada, which means ‘poor coloured’
With time, it became mankurad aamo (mango) in Konkani.

Bebinca, also known as the ‘queen of Goan desserts’, is a traditional Indo-Portuguese pudding.

At Jalesar in Uttar Pradesh, (the capital of Magadha king Jarasandha), over 1,200 small units are engaged in making ‘Jalesar Dhatu Shilp’
It included ghungrus (anklets), ghantis (bells) and other decorative metal craft and brassware.
The Thatheras community, which resides in a locality named Hathuras, makes these products.

These weapons are exquisitely ornamented by a complicated process of etching designs, heating, and then cooling.
Intertwined with embedding gold and silver wire into the metal

Traditionally created on cotton, silk or velvet with a variety of fine stitches and mirror-work, mainly for objects associated with marriage, especially gift items.
The mirrors are believed to repel the ‘evil eye’ with their reflective surfaces.
The weaving of fabrics by hand was done by the Meghwal community in Bikaner and nearby districts.

It is the Rajasthani art of tying and dyeing.
Bandhej is one of the most famous textile art forms of Rajasthan.
Fabrics used: muslin, silk and voile. Cotton thread is used for tying the fabric.

Also known as gold nakashi or gold manauti work due to the prominence of its long-lasting golden colour.
Untreated raw camel hide is processed and moulded by the Dapgar community of leather craftspeople for the requirements of the Usta.

It is an indication used to identify goods having special characteristics originating from a definite geographical territory.
The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 seeks to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods in India.
It is governed and directed by the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
It is primarily an agricultural, natural or a manufactured product (handicrafts and industrial goods).
Validity: 10 years following which it can be renewed.