Geographical Indication (GI) Tag Products

Arunachal Pradesh

• Wancho wooden craft items are unique as they feature tobacco pipes with head-shaped bowls and drinking mugs showing warriors carrying heads.

• Adi Kekir is a variety of ginger produced in East Siang, Siang and Upper Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
• It is known for its taste and size.

• The handmade carpets made by Tibetan refugees, who live in various parts of the state, are known for their typical designs, motifs and textures.

West Bengal

• The hugely popular tangail cotton sarees have finer count and are decorated with extra warp designs using coloured yarn.
• It is a simplification of the jamdani cotton saree but with minimal designs in the body portion.

• Garad silk sarees are characterized by a plain white or off-white body, an unornamented coloured border and a striped pallu and were earlier worn for performing pujas.
• With the change in taste, various colours and woven patterns have been introduced.

• The korial sarees are lavish silk ones.
• They are in either white or cream base and have the characteristic heavy gold and silver embellishments of Benarasi sarees in the border and pallu.

• It is one of the most sought after rice variety in north Bengal.
• Kalonunia is a traditional black-husked non-Basmati type scented rice of Tarai region (foothills of eastern Himalayas) of West Bengal, India. 

• The Sundarban honey, called Mouban, is a prime minor forest produce (MFP) in Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve.
• The residents of Sundarbans are called Mauli.

Odisha

• It is a famous and unique sweet of the Dhenkanal district.
• Its taste, flavor, and method of preparation have made it unique.
• The buffalo milk cheese gives it a unique flavor and cardamom powder adds to its unique aroma.

• Khajuri Guda (date palm jaggery) is a natural sweetener produced from the sweet juice of palm called neera.
• The jaggery is prepared by the tribal populations, including the Lanjia Saura, of Gajapati, Boudh, Angul, and Dhenkanal districts in Odisha.

• The chutney is made with read weaver ants by the tribal people of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
• The hot chutney has a pungent and sour taste and is appetizing.

• It is a tasteful vegetable with lots of prickly thorns on it as well as the whole plant.
• It is green in colour and round in shape containing more seeds as compared to other genotypes.
• The vegetable crop is cultivated in the sandy soil and having unique taste, flavor.
• This crop is grown both in the Kharif and Rabi seasons.

• The traditional knitted shawls of the hill tribe Dongaria Kondh are both unique and ancient.
• Their culture, tradition, faith, and beliefs, as well as the biodiversity of their forests are reflected in the shawls.
• Dharanipenu, the much adored goddess of the Dongaria, has a home in every village.
• The art and drawings made in the Dharanipenu residence are reflected in their shawls.

• Koraput Kalajeera Rice known as the ‘Prince of Rice’ is an aromatic variety originating from Koraput district of Odisha.
• Upholding the nutritional and cooking quality, the rice looks like coriander seeds.

• The Lanjia Saura paintings are a style of wall mural art.

• Those paintings also called ekons or the idital, and have a significant spiritual importance for the tribe.
• The Lanjia Sauras are an indigent society today, and labour in preserving their culture, the iditals being an important part of it.

Other States

Gujarat

• They are a variety of dates grown in the Kutch region of Gujarat, India.
• They are highly regarded for their taste, texture, and nutritional value.
• Kutchi Kharek dates have a soft and chewy texture.
• They are known for their natural sweetness and rich, caramel-like flavor.

Jammu & Kashmir

• Anardana (Punica granatum) is a small wild fruit-bearing tree.
• The fruits are harvested for its fleshy seeds, which are sundried to make anardana, a product of commerce used in medicinal and culinary preparations.