{"id":15927,"date":"2023-10-16T07:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T01:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15927"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:41:43","slug":"jaderi-namakatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jaderi-namakatti\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaderi namakatti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Jaderi namakatti:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are\u00a0<strong>clay sticks<\/strong> that are\u00a0<strong>white in colour<\/strong>, usually available in finger-like shape with a smooth texture.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Jaderi is a small village in Tiruvannamalai district of\u00a0<strong>Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are around 120 families in Cheyyar taluk whose primary occupation has been\u00a0<strong>the making of namakatti for more than hundreds of years now.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Namakatti is made up of the\u00a0<strong>rich deposit of hydrous silicate minerals<\/strong> that form fine grain particles of clay.<\/li>\n<li>The clay is processed and shaped in a finger-like structure.<\/li>\n<li>The production of namakatti depends on the climatic condition as it needs a lot of sunlight to dry.<\/li>\n<li>It is used to adorn the foreheads of idols, men, and temple elephants as well as traditionally to treat stretch marks caused by childbirth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key facts about Geographical Indication<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a sign used on products that have\u00a0<strong>a specific geographical origin and possess qualities<\/strong> or a reputation that are due to that origin.<\/li>\n<li>This is typically used for\u00a0<strong>agricultural products, foodstuffs, wine and spirit drinks<\/strong>, handicrafts and industrial products.<\/li>\n<li>The Geographical\u00a0<strong>Indications of 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 valid\u00a0<strong>for 10 years<\/strong> following which it can be renewed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Silicate minerals?<\/h3>\n<p>Silicate minerals are a class of minerals that make up the vast majority of the Earth&#8217;s crust. They are characterized by their basic building block, the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron (SiO4), which consists of a silicon atom bonded to four oxygen atoms. These tetrahedra can link together in various ways to form a wide range of silicate mineral structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/watch-how-is-gi-tagged-jaderi-namakatti-made-in-tamil-nadu\/article67411033.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Watch | How is GI-tagged Jaderi namakatti made in Tamil Nadu?<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaderi namakatti are clay sticks that are white in colour, usually available in finger-like shape with a smooth texture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15927","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\/15927","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=15927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}