India’s Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade have signed a strategic partnership to boost the commercialisation and global reach of regional GI products, aiming to elevate quality standards and support local artisans.
India’s Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at pushing the country’s geographical indication products into wider domestic and overseas markets, according to the Ministry of MSME. The agreement was signed on August 5 at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi and is intended to speed up commercialisation, raise quality standards and improve market access for goods tied to specific regions. source? No, can’t use web citations. Need no. Wait we are not using web. But need text no citation. So just prose.
India’s Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at pushing the country’s geographical indication products into wider domestic and overseas markets, according to the Ministry of MSME. The agreement was signed on August 5 at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi and is intended to speed up commercialisation, raise quality standards and improve market access for goods tied to specific regions.
The pact was signed by Md. Salik Parwaiz, director at the MSME ministry, and Karan Thapar, director in DPIIT’s IPR division, in the presence of senior officials from both sides. DPIIT is India’s nodal department for the registration and legal protection of geographical indications under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, while the MSME ministry oversees the development of micro, small and medium enterprises, traditional industries and artisans across the country.
Officials said the arrangement is designed to move local crafts and regional specialities from protected status to scalable businesses. Among the planned measures are the integration of One District One Product into programme design, the onboarding of GI collectives and authorised users on to the Open Network for Digital Commerce and the Government e-Marketplace under a dedicated “Bharat GI” banner, and the staging of GI pavilions at trade fairs, exhibitions and buyer-seller meetings.
The broader aim is to strengthen livelihoods for artisans, weavers and producers while helping GI goods gain a more reliable place in premium domestic and international markets. India’s GI registry, maintained by Intellectual Property India, provides the official record of registered products and authorised users, underscoring the legal framework that protects regional identity; the new tie-up seeks to add the commercial machinery needed to make that protection more valuable in practice.
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