{"id":86695,"date":"2019-03-31T11:39:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T06:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2019-03-31T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T06:09:07","slug":"erodes-unique-turmeric-gets-a-gi-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/erodes-unique-turmeric-gets-a-gi-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Erode\u2019s unique turmeric gets a GI tag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Geographical Indication Registry of India has accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Erode turmeric.It is &nbsp;grown mainly in Erode district of Tamil Nadu.<\/li><li>Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the ginger family.The plant\u2019s underground stems or rhizomes have been used as a spice,dye,medicine and religious maker since antiquity.<\/li><li>The spice\u2019s colour comes mainly from curcumin,a bright yellow phenolic compound that has been in the news for its ostensible potential to fight cancer. As a result,the demand for turmeric with high curcumin content has risen.<\/li><li>India is the world\u2019s largest producer of Turmeric.Tamil Nadu is the third largest grower of turmeric in the country.<\/li><li>A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.GI tags are given on the basis of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act,1999.<\/li><li>GI tag secures the quality and authenticity of a product to a particular geographical origin.It provides legal protection from duplication.The first product to get GI tag was Darjeeling Tea.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geographical Indication Registry of India has accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Erode turmeric.It is &nbsp;grown mainly in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the ginger family.The plant\u2019s underground stems or rhizomes have been used as a spice,dye,medicine and religious maker since antiquity. The spice\u2019s colour comes&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/erodes-unique-turmeric-gets-a-gi-tag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Erode\u2019s unique turmeric gets a GI tag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4282,2115],"class_list":["post-86695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-erode-turmeric","tag-gi-tags","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701085785},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86695","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=86695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}