{"id":15656,"date":"2023-10-09T10:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T04:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15656"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:22:48","slug":"udangudi-panangarupatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/udangudi-panangarupatti\/","title":{"rendered":"Udangudi Panangarupatti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Udangudi Panangarupatti<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The palm jaggery preparation procedure in this area is traditional till date <strong>without inclusion of any additional modern strategies.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Uniqueness:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The karupatti prepared from the palm sap from the region around Udangudi in Tiruchendur taluk in Thoothukudi district has some uniqueness.<\/li>\n<li>This is due to the presence of <strong>red sand dune soil found in the region<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This <strong>soil holds less groundwater<\/strong>. The moisture content in the atmosphere is less because of the dry climatic condition, which leads to high sucrose content, in turn adding taste.<\/li>\n<li>The region\u2019s dry climate is also suitable for storage of karupatti for a longer duration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No chemical additives<\/strong> like Triple super phosphate and phosphoric acid are used in its preparation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Key facts about Geographical Indication (GI) Tag<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a sign used on products that have a <strong>specific geographical origin<\/strong> and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.<\/li>\n<li>This is typically used for <strong>agricultural products, foodstuffs, wine and spirit drinks<\/strong>, handicrafts and industrial products.<\/li>\n<li>The Geographical Indications of <strong>Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999<\/strong> seeks to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods in India.<\/li>\n<li>This GI tag is <strong>valid for 10 years<\/strong> following which it can be renewed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Phosphoric acid?<\/h3>\n<p>Phosphoric acid is a mineral acid with the chemical formula H3PO4. It is a colorless, odorless liquid that is commonly used in a variety of applications due to its acidic properties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/udangudi-panangarupatti-gets-gi-tag\/article67381239.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Udangudi Panangarupatti gets GI tag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Udangudi Panangarupatti  preparation procedure in this area is traditional till date without inclusion of any additional modern strategies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15656","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}