The Odisha Government has submitted the required documents for getting the Geographical Indication (GI) status to ‘Odishara Rasagola’, MSME Minister Prafulla Samal said on Friday.
Replying to a written question, he told the State Assembly that the Government has complied with a 14-point checklist sought by the office of the Geographical Indications Registry, Chennai.
The Minister said the requisite documents were submitted on August 17.
Notably, the Geographical Indications Registry, in the last week of June, had sought detailed information on 14 questions including submission of documentary proof that substantiates the origin of ‘Odishara Rasagola’.
The State-owned Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) has applied for the GI tag for ‘Odishara Rasagola’ in February. Odisha moved the GI Registry for its own version of the popular sweet after West Bengal was awarded the GI tag for its own variant ‘Banglara Rasagulla’ in November 2017.