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Telangana is stepping up efforts to safeguard its accepted crafts and region-specific products by securing Geographical Indication (GI) tags. It has already filed applications for respective items, and 5 of them — Narayanpet Jewellery Making, Hyderabad Pearls, Banjara Tribal Jewellery, Banjara Needle Craft, and Batik Paintings — are successful the last stages of approval. Comprehensive documentation and tract studies for these products person been completed, according to the authoritative sources.
In addition, applications are pending for Armoor Turmeric, Nalgonda Chitti Dosakai, Kollapur Benishan Mango, Mahadevpur Tussar Silk, Jagtial Sesame, and Nayakpod Masks, signalling the government’s committedness to expanding the GI portfolio. Over the past 2 years, the Congress-led authorities has successfully secured 2 GI tags: Hyderabad Lac Bangles (March 2, 2024) and Warangal Chapata Chilli (March 28, 2025).
GI recognition, granted by the Geographical Indication Registry nether the Central Government, enhances the worth and authenticity of products by highlighting their unsocial root and heritage. These tags play a important relation successful creating sustainable employment, boosting agrarian incomes, and preserving accepted cognition systems — contributing to inclusive economical maturation among farming and artisan communities.
Currently, Telangana boasts 18 GI-tagged products, including Pochampally Ikat, Adilabad Dokra, Warangal Durries, Puttapaka Telia Rumal, Tandur Red Gram, Gadwal Saree, Siddipet Gollabama, Cheriyal Painting, and Hyderabad Haleem. At slightest 12 much products are successful the pipeline for recognition.
Looking ahead, the State authorities plans to place further GI-worthy products crossed food, handicrafts, textiles, and different categories. It besides intends to acceptable up GI Galleries astatine cardinal locations to showcase Telangana’s GI products and beforehand them arsenic authentic sourcing destinations.
