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The traditional hand-woven cotton textile is known for its bright colours and simple design. It earned its name from its large borders and chequered patterns.
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Benefits of\u00a0GI\u00a0tag<\/h4>\n

\u201cTextile Department officials have assured us that it will act like a patent and protect our knowledge base. Officials have assured us that they will issue notices to people who try to copy our design or produce fake Patteda Anchu sarees in power looms,\u201d Shabadi said. <\/p>\n

According to him, faculty members of the M.S. Ramaiah Law College and the Ramaiah Centre for Intellectual Property Rights provided assistance to members of the cooperative society to present their case before the\u00a0GI\u00a0commissionerate. Officers of the Commissionerate of Textile Development, and Director of Handlooms and the Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre coordinated the movement of the application. A team led by Sangeeta M.S., a professor of law, visited the society, stayed in Gajendragad for a few days and documented their work by taking pictures and videos. \u201cThey did most of the paperwork. We went to Bengaluru whenever we were called,\u201d Shabadi said.<\/p>\n

He said that the society would work with the\u00a0Karnataka Handloom Technology Institute in Gadag, which would set up a laboratory to check the quality of the sarees and to detect fakes.<\/p>\n

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On average, the Gajendragad Weavers\u2019 Cooperative Producers Society produces around 9,500 sarees of around 38 patterns. They are sold to wholesalers who, in turn, sell them to consumers in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi.\u00a0
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Five textiles from Karnataka<\/h4>\n

Of the 48\u00a0GI\u00a0tagged products of Karnataka, only five are in textiles. They include the Ilkal Saree, Molkalmuru Saree, Guledgudda Khana and Udupi saree, along with the Patteda Anchu saree. However, weavers say the number of\u00a0GI\u00a0products should increase to protect their craft.<\/p>\n

Gurulingappa Gombi, secretary of the Hatagar Nekar Samaj, says that for every one product that has got a\u00a0GI\u00a0tag, 10 have been left out. \u201cProducts like the cardamom garland from Haveri, Kala Bhat rice from Khanapur, small brinjal from Hukkeri, and Dyamanur Chilli from Kundgol deserve to be included in the list,\u201d he said. He wants the government to set up exclusive\u00a0GI\u00a0shops in districts and taluks, and to issue an order that\u00a0GI\u00a0products be\u00a0given as\u00a0gifts in government functions, instead of bouquets and shawls.<\/p>\n

He felt that the\u00a0GI\u00a0tag had not had any visible positive effect on weavers or craftsmen. \u201cThe sale of Channapattana toys or Mysore Ganjifa cards may have gone up as the products are available in big cities like Bengaluru and Mysuru. But the situation of rural artisans is very different. There has been no automatic expansion of the market or tourist footfalls due to the\u00a0GI\u00a0tags,\u201d Gombi said.<\/p>\n

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The Gajendragad Weavers\u2019 Cooperative Producers Society will work with the Karnataka Handloom Technology Institute in Gadag, which would set up a laboratory to check the quality of the sarees and to detect fakes, says the society secretary.
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More awareness<\/h4>\n

Ravi Patil,\u00a0president of the\u00a0Belagavi\u00a0District Weavers\u2019 Association, said there is a need for a higher level\u00a0of awareness about such facilities. \u201cThe skills of rural weavers and handicrafts persons are so diverse that each district or each taluk in northern Karnataka has a distinct type or design of sarees. Most of them are being made by power looms now. They need to be protected by\u00a0GI\u00a0tags or other measures. Nine out of 10 weavers are unaware of what GI\u00a0tags are or their benefits. The government should not only conduct awareness camps for weavers and handicrafts persons, but also support groups of skilled workers with legal support and funds to apply for\u00a0GI\u00a0tags,\u2019\u2018 Patil said. <\/p>\n

According to him, among the problems faced by weavers is lack of access to easy credit, un-interrupted raw material supply, lack of a platform for reaching to retail customers, and absence of compensation in times of natural disasters.<\/p>\n

Gajanan Gunjeri, founder of Karnataka Weavers\u2019 Welfare Association, demanded that the State government shift the Commissionerate of Textile Development to the Suvarna Soudha in\u00a0Belagavi, so that the issues of weavers are resolved locally.\u00a0\u201cWe have been fighting for this for years, but successive governments have ignored it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The State government has been urged to set up exclusive GI shops in districts and taluks, and issue an order that GI products be given as gifts in government functions, instead of bouquets and shawls.
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MSIL\u2019s plans might help<\/h4>\n

A solution seems to be in sight. <\/p>\n

Manoj Kumar, Managing Director, Mysore Sales International Limited, said the State government is planning to provide an online platform for the sale of\u00a0GI-tagged products.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are developing a portal to facilitate public procurement. It will also have a business-to-consumer section. We are including\u00a0GI-tagged products there. GI-tagged products will be our priority,\u201d Kumar said.<\/p>\n

Details on GI tag can be obtained from the website of the India Patents Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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