Thirubuvanam Silk Sarees and Jeeraphool rice, two new GIs
Registered Geographical Indications in India count raised to 343 as on 11.03.2019 . Thirubuvanam Silk sarees from Tamilnadu and Jeeraphool rice Variety from state of Chhattisgarh are the two new GI Products of India. Image source: http://ipindiaservices.gov.in 1. Thirubuvanam Silk Sarees: Application number : 480, filed in Year 2014 by Thirubuvanam Silk Handloom Weavers Co‐operative Production and Sale Society Limited. Uniqueness as mentioned by applicant: i. They use filature silk for both warp and weft, resulting in high quality, uniform, and high lustre sarees. ii.Very smooth due to two-ply warp weaving style . 2. JerraPhool : Aromatic and very soft rice, looks like cumin. 343rd Geographical Indications Product of India, applied in Feb 2018 by Jaivik Krishi Utpadak Sahkari Samiti Maryadit, Chhattisgarh. Uniqueness: JeeraPhool rice is the indigenous aromatic short rice plant of Chhattisgarh, It
