New Delhi, April 6 -- The Centres ambitious plan to secure 10,000 Geographical Indication (GI) tags by 2030 has gathered pace, with total applications crossing the 2,000 mark to reach 2,013 as of April 2, 2026.
Record Surge in GI Applications
The milestone was marked by the filing of Kashmir Kagzi Badam as the 2,000th application, while Chyabrung from Sikkim became the 2,013th application on the same day.
The surge has been particularly sharp in recent months with 510 GI applications filed in FY 2025 26, the highest in any single fiscal year, over 780 applications filed in the last two financial years and 21 applications filed in just three days, highlighting the acceleration.
Experts attribute the spike in filings to proactive gove...