All about GI tags: Bear in mind when two states had a bitter row over a candy’s origins?

Slipping right into a pair of skinny brown Kolhapuri chappals is like entering into an age-old custom. These leather-based sandals at the moment are the only reason for a bitter struggle. It started in 2019, when the Controller Normal of Patents, Designs and Commerce Marks, underneath the commerce ministry, granted the geographical indication (GI) tag to Kolhapuri chappals manufactured within the districts of Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Solapur in Maharashtra and Dharwad, Belagavi,