Nine new products have been added to the list of Geographical Indications (GIs), including gamocha from Assam, Tandur red gramme from Telangana, Raktsey Karpo apricot from Ladakh, and Alibag white onion from Maharashtra. Five GI badges have been given to Kerala for its agricultural output.

 

With this, the total number of GI tags in India comes to 432. The top five states holding the maximum number of GIs are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala. Of these, 401 are Indian-origin products, 31 foreign-origin.

 

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are states with the highest number of GI tags, followed by Kerala (35), Uttar Pradesh (34), and Maharashtra (31).