{"id":86248,"date":"2019-08-30T18:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=9703"},"modified":"2019-08-30T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:34:54","slug":"t-n-s-dindigul-lock-and-kandangi-saree-get-gi-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/t-n-s-dindigul-lock-and-kandangi-saree-get-gi-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"T.N.\u2019s Dindigul lock and Kandangi saree get GI tag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dindigul lock and Kandangi saree from Tamil Nadu\nhave been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.<\/li><li>Dindigul locks are made in an area of 5 km in\nand around Dindigul in Tamil Nadu. The lock is world famous for their superior\nquality and durability, and the Dindigul city is often referred to as the \u201cLock\nCity\u201d. <\/li><li>The Kandangi sarees are manufactured in the\nentire Karaikudi taluk in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu. They are\ncharacterised by large contrast borders.<\/li><li>GI\nis an Intellectual Property Right. It is a status accorded to a good which is\nunique to a particular region or area, and is originated from there.<\/li><li>The\nGI tag in India is governed by the Geographical Indications of Goods\n(Registration and Protection Act), 1999 and is administered by the Controller\nGeneral of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, under the Ministry of Commerce and\nIndustry. <\/li><li>Good\nin the categories of a) Agricultural products (e.g. Nagpur Orange), b)\nfoodstuffs (e.g. Joynagar Moa), c) handicrafts (e.g. Agates of Cambay), d)\ntextile (e.g. Kullu Shawl), e) natural products (e.g. Makrana Marble) and f)\nmanufactured products (e.g. Kannauj Perfume) come under the ambit of GI Tags.<\/li><li>&nbsp;Darjeeling Tea is the first good to receive a\nGI Tag in India.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dindigul lock and Kandangi saree from Tamil Nadu have been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Dindigul locks are made in an area of 5 km in and around Dindigul in Tamil Nadu. The lock is world famous for their superior quality and durability, and the Dindigul city is often referred to as the \u201cLock&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/t-n-s-dindigul-lock-and-kandangi-saree-get-gi-tag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">T.N.\u2019s Dindigul lock and Kandangi saree get GI tag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3127],"tags":[2115],"class_list":["post-86248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","tag-gi-tags","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700792452,"cached_date":1704713634},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}