New GI Tagged Products

About New GI Tagged Products: 

• Unique varieties of rice beer
  • ‘Bodo Jou Gwran’: It has the highest percentage of alcohol (about 16.11%) when compared with other varieties of rice beer made by the Bodo community.
  • ‘Maibra Jou Bidwi’: It is known locally as ‘Maibra Jwu Bidwi’ or ‘Maibra Zwu Bidwi’, is revered and served as a welcome drink by most Bodo tribes. It’s prepared by fermenting half-cooked rice (mairong) with less water, and adding a little ‘amao’ (a potential source of yeast) to it.
  • ‘Bodo Jou Gishi’: It is also a traditionally fermented rice-based alcoholic beverage. 
• Traditional Food Products
  • Bodo Napham’: It is an important and favourite dish of fermented fish prepared anaerobically in a tightly sealed container in a process that requires about two-three months. 
  • Bodo Ondla’: A rice powder curry flavoured with garlic, ginger, salt, and alkali.
  • Bodo Gwkha’: It is locally also known as ‘Gwka Gwkhi’, it’s prepared during the Bwisagu festival.
  • ‘Bodo Narzi’: It isa semi-fermented food prepared with jute leaves (Corchorus capsularis), a rich source of Omega 3 fatty acids, vitamins and essential minerals, including calcium and magnesium.
• Bodo Aronai’: It is a small, beautiful cloth (1.5-2.5 meters long and 0.5 meter wide)

Q1: What are Geographical Indications (GI tags)?

These are signs used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess distinctive qualities, reputation, or characteristics attributable to that place of origin. GI tags serve as intellectual property rights that identify a product’s unique geographical source, providing legal protection and preventing unauthorised use.

Source: Eight products used by Assam tribe granted GI tag