A daylong seminar on Geographic Indication (GI) was organized by Vanya Prakashan of Tribal Affairs Department at Kushabhau Thackeray International Center in Bhopal on Friday.
In this seminar organized on the topic 'Geographic Indications Challenges and the Way Forward', GI expert Padmashree Rajinikanth from Delhi said that the GI of India is the gold bird. This is also the soul of GI India, which efforts are being made to preserve and promote it.
For this purpose, in the Amrit Mahotsav year of independence, we have done GI registration of 75 products from across the country. These GI products used to be a major part of the country's GDP earlier, for which the whole world used to come to India to do business.
With an objective to provide employment and economic benefits through GI: Govil
The seminar was inaugurated by Pallavi Jain Govil, Principal Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department. On this occasion, he said that this event was organized to take forward the effort to preserve the products, art and artefacts of the tribal society.
In this seminar, art critics, art critics, officers of various government departments, law experts, artists, product manufacturers-sellers participated.
On this occasion Principal Secretary Cottage and Village Industries Manu Srivastava, Tribal Affairs Department Commissioner Sanjeev Singh, Deputy Secretary Meenakshi Singh, MD Handicrafts Development Corporation Anubha Srivastava, Additional Commissioner KG Tiwari, Director TADP. Ravindra Singh Choudhary were present.
A small exhibition of tribal and other art products of Madhya Pradesh was also organized in the seminar. It displayed Pithora paintings, Bhili Galshan Mala, Pot Mala, wooden masks, Bhili Bridal Shringar Patti Bolni, Bell Metal, Chanderi Sarees, Bagh Sarees and Maheshwar Sarees.
At the same time, the rare Gond musical instruments Bana Pardhan and Chikara Pardhan were also specially displayed. Along with this, food products of tribal areas like Safed Musli, Kodo, Kutki and Kadki were also displayed.