Rajya Sabha

August 5, 2022

Jawhar Sircar’s Supplementary Question on the remedies available to prevent frauds on products having Geographical Indication tags

Jawhar Sircar’s Supplementary Question on the remedies available to prevent frauds on products having Geographical Indication tags

My only question is: What are the remedies against its misuse? You give me a cup of tea saying that it is Darjeeling Tea. That was not Darjeeling Tea. You give me something and make a fraud out of it. GI has turned out to be a big source of fraud. You can go on duplicating it. What is the remedy that you have?