All about GI tags: Remember when two states had a bitter row over a sweet’s origins?
Slipping into a pair of thin brown Kolhapuri chappals is like stepping into an age-old tradition. These leather sandals are now the sole cause of a bitter war. It began in 2019, when the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, under the commerce ministry, granted the geographical indication (GI) tag to Kolhapuri chappals … Read more