{"id":3475,"date":"2023-10-03T06:05:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2023-10-03T06:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:05:21","slug":"lg-inaugurates-week-long-gi-mahotsav-at-srinagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/lg-inaugurates-week-long-gi-mahotsav-at-srinagar\/","title":{"rendered":"LG inaugurates week-long \u2018GI Mahotsav\u2019 at Srinagar"},"content":{"rendered":"

SRINAGAR: Today\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Haat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Srinagar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>week-long\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“GI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mahotsav”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>launched\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lieutenant\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manoj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sinha.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thanked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Agriculture\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Production\u00a0<\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>giving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farmers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>craftspeople,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>artisans,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>business\u00a0<\/span>owners,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stakeholders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>great\u00a0<\/span>platform\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>showcase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>wares\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>exchange\u00a0<\/span><\/span>best\u00a0<\/span>practises\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>commercialization\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GI-tagged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>goods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>remarks.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Geographical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indications\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seek\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>safeguard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advertise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>goods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>particular\u00a0<\/span>region.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“GI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tag\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>treasure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>boost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>export\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>goods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>boost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>economy,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asserted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numerous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tags\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regional\u00a0<\/span>goods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhaderwah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajmash,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ramban\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sulai\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Honey,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajouri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chikri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Craft,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mushqbudji\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rice,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Basohli\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Painting,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Saffron,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>shield\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forgers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unfair\u00a0<\/span>competition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>raising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>value\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>goods’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sales.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>opening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ceremony,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Administration,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Narendra\u00a0<\/span>Modi’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>direction,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>promote\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>distinctive\u00a0<\/span>qualities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agriculture,\u00a0<\/span>food,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>handmade\u00a0<\/span>goods.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“GIs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>products\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>game-changer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rural\u00a0<\/span>economy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>products\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>benefit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>entire\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>producers,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>To\u00a0<\/span>change\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rural\u00a0<\/span>economy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>successful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>push\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>popularise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GIs.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>504\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GIs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reflect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>traditional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cultural\u00a0<\/span>values\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>variety\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>goods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agricultural,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>handicraft,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>handloom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sectors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>offer.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exports\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>higher\u00a0<\/span>values\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>global\u00a0<\/span>market\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protecting\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>promoting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>products\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brand\u00a0<\/span>Positioning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Innovative\u00a0<\/span>marketing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strategy.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>close\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>gap\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>consumers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>producers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Farmers’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trade\u00a0<\/span>associations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>collaborate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>developing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>product,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communication,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>distribution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>network.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>To\u00a0<\/span>safeguard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>interests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>small-marginal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>small\u00a0<\/span><\/span>handicrafts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>units,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>pay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attention\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>product\u00a0<\/span>requirements,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regulations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>thanked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Som\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prakash,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commerce\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Industry,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hosting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>GI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mahotsav\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>honour\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gandhi\u00a0<\/span>Jayanti.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reaffirmed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commitment\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supporting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regional\u00a0<\/span>products\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>giving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>domestic\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>markets.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>occasion,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lt.\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>released\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>publication\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UT’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agricultural\u00a0<\/span>sector\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>certificates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>products.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stopped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>booths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>showcasing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>distinctive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>specialised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GI-tagged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>goods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Haat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Exhibition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ground,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>100\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stalls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>items\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Arun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Mehta,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Secretary;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Shailendra\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Kumar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Principal\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Secretary,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Agriculture\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Production\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Department;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Vikramjit\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Singh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Industries\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>&\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Commerce;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Padma\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shri\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rajnikant,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Human\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Welfare\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Association;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Aftab\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Malik,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Chairman,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>DDC\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Srinagar;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rajeev\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rai\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Bhatnagar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Advisor\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Lt\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Governor;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Vice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chancellors\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Universities;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>HoDs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>UT\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>administration;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sizable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>farmers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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