4 new products from three states receive Geographical Indication (GI) tag

Two delicate handicraft products from Tamil Nadu – the Thanjavur Netti Works (pith works) and Arambavur Wood Carvings – will get the Georgraphical Indication (GI) from the GI registry. Tamil Nadu handicrafts department is the applicant on behalf of the
artisans involved in the trade, said its counsel and IPR attorney P Sanjai Gandhi.

Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar painting and Telangana’s Telia Rumal were given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag on Tuesday by the Geographical Indications Registry headquartered in Chennai. The application for the painting was made by Sohrai Kala Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti Limited while the application for Telia Rumal was made by the Consortium of Puttapaka Handloom Cluster-IHDS.