Uttarakhand opened its first Geographical Indications (GI) Products Gallery at the Uttarakhand Forest Training Academy in Haldwani on 13 July 2026, exhibiting more than 30 state-registered GI items across agriculture, crafts and cultural artefacts.
Gallery details
- Date & Place: Opened 13 July 2026 at Uttarakhand Forest Training Academy, Haldwani (Nainital district, Kumaon).
- Catalogue: Displays over 30 GI-tagged products from Uttarakhand across agricultural produce, handicrafts and cultural items.
- Purpose (factual): Serves as a reference collection for trainees, researchers and producers on region-specific GI items.
Representative GI products on display
- Ramnagar Litchi: Perishable horticulture GI from Ramnagar area.
- Ramgarh Peach: Local peach cultivar with geographical attribution.
- Munsiyari White Rajma: Local kidney-bean cultivar (Phaseolus species).
- Tejpat: Bay leaf from Cinnamomum tamala, used as a spice and medicinal plant.
- Aipan Art: Traditional Kumaoni floor-and-wall folk art (textile/pictorial craft).
- Uttarakhand Tamta Copperware: Traditional copperware produced by local tamta craftspersons.
GI framework & state facts
- Law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.
- Registry: GI Registry located in Chennai under the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (DPIIT).
- International definition: TRIPS Article 22(1) defines GI as a sign identifying goods as originating in a territory with qualities/reputation linked to that origin.
- Uttarakhand tally: State has over 30 GI registrations; 18 tags were registered in a single batch in December 2023.
IASPOINT Booster Facts
- Registration term: GI registration in India is valid for 10 years and renewable thereafter.
- First Indian GI: Darjeeling Tea received India’s first GI recognition in 2004–05.