Which product received India's first geographical indication tag?

Mysore silkCorrect answerYour answerDarjeeling teaCorrect answerYour answerKanchipuram silkCorrect answerYour answerBasmati riceCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Darjeeling tea was the first Indian product registered as a geographical indication, in 2004-05.
A GI ties a name to a place, so only tea grown in the defined Darjeeling area may be sold under it.
The others are all registered GIs, but later ones.

Worth noting

A GI protects a name rather than a recipe or a process, which is why a producer outside the region cannot use it however similar the product.

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