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  • May 01, 2024
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ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS SEEK GI REGISTRATION FOR SEVEN PRODUCTS

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands pursue GI registration for seven indigenous products, with officials meeting for consultations and filing applications.

About the Visit by Intellectual Property Rights Officials:

  • Professor Unnat P. Pandit and Dr. Rajani Kant visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for a Consultative Group Meeting on Intellectual Property Rights.
  • They met Admiral DK Joshi, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of A&N Islands, to discuss the initiative on April 29th, 2024.
  • Applications for Geographical Indication (GI) Registration have been filed for seven indigenous products.
  • These products are the Nicobari Hut, Nicobari Mat, Nicobari Hodi, Virgin Coconut Oil, Andaman Tall Coconut, Andaman & Nicobar Padauk Furniture, and Andaman Karen Musley Rice.
source:researchgate
About the Andaman and Nicobar Islands:

  • Location: Union territory of India, comprising 572 islands at the junction of Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.
  • Groups: Andaman Islands (partly) and Nicobar Islands, separated by Ten Degree Channel.
  • Geography: Submerged extension of Arakan Mountains; divided into North, Middle, and South Andaman Islands.
  • Capital: Port Blair located in South Andaman; Duncan Passage separates Little Andaman.
  • Landmarks: Barren and Narcondam Islands are India’s only active volcanoes; Saddle Peak (737m) highest point.
  • Archipelagos: Ritchie’s Archipelago includes Neil and Havelock Islands; Ross Island renamed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep.
  • Ecology: Dense tropical rainforests; home to ‘Negrito’ tribes (Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, Sentinelese) and ‘Mongoloid’ tribes (Shompen, Nicobarese).
  • History: ‘Negrito’ tribes believed to have arrived from Africa 60,000 years ago.

What is Geographical Indication?

  • Geographical Indication awarded to products with specific origin and characteristics linked to a particular location for recognition.