{"id":90460,"date":"2020-02-19T18:14:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13835"},"modified":"2020-02-19T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:44:30","slug":"kala-kumbh-handicrafts-exhibitions-for-promotion-of-gi-crafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kala-kumbh-handicrafts-exhibitions-for-promotion-of-gi-crafts\/","title":{"rendered":"KALA KUMBH \u2013 Handicrafts Exhibitions for promotion of GI Crafts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Ministry of Textiles is organising the Kala Kumbh &#8211; Handicrafts Thematic Exhibition in various parts of the country.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Kala Kumbh:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is an exhibition to promote GI (Geographical Indication) crafts and heritage of India.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It is being organized through the Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles.<\/li><li>It is sponsored by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts(EPCH).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About GI tag:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><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.<\/li><li>The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 provides registration and also protection of GI goods in India.<\/li><li>The act is administered by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and trademarks under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/li><li>As of August 2019, 178 GI handicraft products are registered from all over India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About EPCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts(EPCH) was established as a non-profit organisation under Companies Act in 1986-87.<\/li><li>It aims to promote, support, protect, maintain and increase the export of handicrafts.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The Ministry of Textiles is organising the Kala Kumbh &#8211; Handicrafts Thematic Exhibition in various parts of the country. Facts: About Kala Kumbh: It is an exhibition to promote GI (Geographical Indication) crafts and heritage of India.&nbsp; It is being organized through the Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles. It is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kala-kumbh-handicrafts-exhibitions-for-promotion-of-gi-crafts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">KALA KUMBH \u2013 Handicrafts Exhibitions for promotion of GI Crafts<\/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":[1731],"tags":[2115,6311,7671],"class_list":["post-90460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-and-acts","tag-gi-tags","tag-handicrafts","tag-kala-kumbh","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700778182,"cached_date":1704811891},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90460","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=90460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}