Nine products from across country get GI tag

Nine products from across country get GI tag

The Union government has granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to 9 products from across the country.
Of the 9 GI tags given, five were for products from Kerala
Assamese Gamocha-Assam
Alibag White Onion-Maharashtra
Tandur Redgram-Telangana
Raktsey Karpo Apricot-Ladakh
Attappady Thuvara (Attappady red gram)-Kerala
Kanthalloor Vattavada Garlic(Kanthalloor Vattavada Veluthulli)-Kerala
Kodungallur Snap Melon(Kodungallur Pottuvellari)-Kerala
Attappady Aattukombu Dolichos Bean[Attappady Aattukombu Avara]-Kerala
Onattukara Sesame(Onattukara Ellu)-Kerala
With this, the total number of registered GI products in India stands at 432.
The top five states with the most GI tags are

Note

A GI is a label that is applied to products that have a specific geographical origin and have characteristics that are related to that particular location.
Administered under Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.
Darjeeling tea became the first GI tagged product in India, in 2004–05.
Head Office for GI Tag is situated at Chennai.

Launch of ‘EV-YATRA PORTAL’ Mobile App

- The Mobile application “EV Yatra” has been designed and developed to facilitate in-vehicle navigation to the nearest public EV charger.

A website to disseminate information on various central and state-level initiatives to promote e-mobility in the country, and a web-portal to enable CPOs to register their charging details securely into the National Online Database was also launched.

About BEE

An agency of the Government of India under the Ministry of Power created in March 2002 under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act 2001.

U.N. recognises Ganga project among 10 initiatives restoring natural world

The 10 global environmental initiatives which aim to restore more than 68 million hectares including Ganges River Rejuvenation project from India were declared as World Restoration Flagships, under the banner of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global movement coordinated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

About The Ganges River Rejuvenation project

Namami Gange Programme’, is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget outlay of Rs.20,000 Crore to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
Main pillars of the Namami Gange Programme are:-