{"id":131370,"date":"2026-10-31T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131370"},"modified":"2026-10-31T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:18:12","slug":"tandur-red-gram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tandur-red-gram\/","title":{"rendered":"Tandur Red Gram: Telangana&#8217;s GI-Tagged Toor Dal Exported to Australia for First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tandur Red Gram Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the first consignment of GI-tagged Tandur red gram from Telangana was flagged off from Hyderabad, Telangana, to Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tandur Red Gram<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is popularly <\/span><b>known as Tandur Toor Dal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>primarily cultivated in the rainfed tracts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of four mandals in the Tandur region namely Tandur, Basheerabad, Peddemul and Yelal of Telangana state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its distinctive characteristics are associated with the region\u2019s fertile deep black soils, the presence of <\/span><b>attapulgite clay mineral deposits,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>substantial limestone deposits.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the first <\/span><b>agricultural product<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>the Telangana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> State to receive <\/span><b>Geographical Indication (GI) registration in 2022.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nutritional Value<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has more <\/span><b>protein content than cereals.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains <\/span><b>approximately 22\u201324 per cent protein,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nearly three times the protein content of cereals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is valued for its <\/span><b>excellent taste, superior cooking quality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and enhanced storage quality.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Geographical Indications Tag<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a sign used on products that <\/span><b>have a specific geographical origin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is typically used for agricultural products, <\/span><b>foodstuffs, wine and spirit drinks, handicrafts and industrial products.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Geographical Indications of Goods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>Registration and Protection) Act, 1999<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> seeks to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This GI tag is <\/span><b>valid for 10 years following<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which it can be renewed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/telangana\/first-consignment-of-telanganas-tandur-red-gram-flagged-off-to-australia\/article71636619.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telangana&#8217;s GI-tagged Tandur Red Gram, popularly known as Tandur Toor Dal, has reached a new export milestone with its first-ever 2.5-metric-tonne consignment dispatched to Australia. Facilitated by APEDA, the shipment highlights the global market potential of Telangana&#8217;s first GI-registered agricultural product, known for its distinctive taste, cooking quality and 22\u201324% protein content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11247],"class_list":["post-131370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-tandur-red-gram","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131370"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131385,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131370\/revisions\/131385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}