Having received the GI tag in 2013, the handmade scissors industry offers livelihood opportunities to tens of thousands of workers but modernisation...

Primarily depicting Radha-Krishna love story, Kangra Paintings underwent radical experimentation with time, transforming into a more refined version

Ashwini Shrivastava’s ‘Decoding Indian Babudom’ offers an inside view into the functioning of Indian bureaucracy and stimulates thoughtful questions ...

Deeply rooted in tradition, and with an ability to bring different crafts from various regions together, Phulkari has withstood the travails of time,...

While the demand for Kashmiri walnut carving is on the rise, the expert 'karigars' who create it in 'karkhanas' are finding it hard to preserve their...

The GI tag for Kashmiri saffron has standardised the entire process — from production and processing to marketing — thereby removing the glitches and...

Pashmina is a combined outcome of largely unrewarded labour of Changpas who extract the wool from Changra goats, and the exquisite craft of Kashmiri...

A range of products resulting from intertwining of geographically distinct raw materials with the traditional craft have lent a distinct outlook to...

Geographical uniqueness of Uttarakhand is characterised by GI tag-awarded agricultural products ranging from Tejpatta to multipurpose Chyura Oil and...

India, which secured GI tag for Basmati rice after battling with the US over patents, is the largest producer worldwide but its claim of sole...

Though Darjeeling Tea was the first product to be awarded GI tag in India after the passage of Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and...

Reconstitution of the heavily populated and fast-growing Delhi as two UTs — NCTD under LG and NCR under CM — can both ensure the strategic control of...