Uttar Pradesh Has The Most GI Tagged Products In India

VARANASI (IANS) – Six more products from Uttar Pradesh have been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.

This includes the famous ‘Tirangi Barfi’ of Kashi, a tricolored sweet that was sold to prove a point by freedom fighters during the Quit India Movement.

With these six new additions, Uttar Pradesh retains its position as the state with the most GI-tagged products in India, reaching a total of 75.

Tamil Nadu follows with 58 GI products.

The other products that received the certification in Uttar Pradesh include Banaras Metal Casting Craft, Lakhimpur Kheri Tharu Embroidery, Bareilly Cane and Bamboo Craft, Bareilly Zardozi Craft, and Pilkhuwa Hand Block Print Textile.

In 2008-09, the state had only one GI product, the ‘Allahabad Surkha Amrood’.