Lok Sabha Question No. 4727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: GI Tag
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4727. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 29 TH  MARCH, 2023.

## GI TAG

## 4727.  SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal from the State Governments for grant of GI tag for its products and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken and the schemes evolved to encourage the stakeholders of GI tags in India; and
- (c) the schemes that have been evolved and the steps taken by the Government to identify and encourage potential GI tag worthy items in the country?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): No  Sir,  no  such  proposals  are  received  from  the  State  Govts  for Registration  of  Geographical  Indications  (GI)  under  Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999.
- The  Government  has  taken  several  initiatives to  encourage  GI stakeholders and potential GI tag worthy items, prominent among
- (b) & (c): which are:
- i. 'Initiative for Promotion of Geographical Indication (IPGI)' under IPR Policy Management scheme has been taken up by DPIIT  for  which,  an  amount  of  Rs.  75  Crores  has  been earmarked for three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 towards promotional activities of GI products.
- ii. Ministry    of    Micro    Small    and    Medium    Enterprises    (MSME) grants Financial Assistance of Rs. 2.00 Lakh on grant of registration under Geographical Indications of goods
- iii. Several events have been organised to showcase the potential of GI tagged products, wherein dedicated  'GI  Pavilions' have been set up. The details of the events are attached as Annexure -I

be pleased to state:

ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS  (b) & (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA USTARRED QUESTION NO. 4727 FOR ANSWER ON 29.03.2023

## (a). Events with which DPIIT has been associated:

|   Sl. No. | Event                           | Place         | Date                 |
|-----------|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------------|
|         1 | India GI Fair                   | Greater Noida | 26-28 August, 2022   |
|         2 | GI Mahotsav                     | Varanasi      | 16-21 October, 2022  |
|         3 | Indian International Trade Fair | Delhi         | 14-27 November, 2022 |
|         4 | Aahar 2023                      | Delhi         | 14-18 March, 2023    |

## (b). Initiatives taken by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) for GI Products:

|   Sl. No. | Event                                                                                                                           | Place                                              |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | GI Mango Promotion Programme and Tasting Event                                                                                  | Brussels, Belgium                                  |
|         2 | Virtual Buyer Seller Meets onAgricultural and Food products GI with UAE, USA and Qatar in association with the Indian Missions  | Virtual                                            |
|         3 | GI Mango promotion Programme in association with Embassy of India at Copenhagen                                                 | Copenhagen, Denmark                                |
|         4 | In-store promotional programmes in association with foreign retailers such as Al-Zajira Group of Bahrain and Family Food Center | Doha, Qatar                                        |
|         5 | 36th Edition of AAHAR Exhibition                                                                                                | Pragati Maidan, New Delhi                          |
|         6 | 'India Geographical Indications (GI)Fair 2022'                                                                                  | India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR |

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