{"id":128124,"date":"2021-12-18T07:25:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T07:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=128124"},"modified":"2021-12-18T07:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T07:25:26","slug":"mithila-makhana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/mithila-makhana\/","title":{"rendered":"Mithila Makhana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Why Mithila Makhana was recently in news?<\/strong><br>a) It got GI Tag<br>b) High production<br>c) Very low production<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (a)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bihar\u2019s Mithila Makhana Is Given the Geographical Indications (GI) Tag by the Centre.<\/li><li>Makhana (Fox nuts) are lotus flower\u2019s seed.<\/li><li>It is grown in water and is largely found in India and known as Makhana here.<\/li><li>It should be noted that Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has obtained the petition to rename Bihar Makhana as Mithila Makhana.<\/li><li>The Petition regarding its renaming obtained Under the Central Ministry of Commerce.<\/li><li>It also proposed further changes to the brand logo to reflect its origins.<\/li><li>It also offered modifications within the brand logo to spotlight its origins and protect the product\u2019s Geographical Indications (GI) rights.<\/li><li>The Sabour based Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) started an application on behalf of the Mithilanchal Makhana Utpadak Sangh (MMUS) to call their produce Mithila Makhana.<\/li><li>Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) is continuously making efforts for the welfare of fox nut growers within the Mithila region.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/centre-accepts-mithila-makhana-gi-tag-101639369086308.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/centre-accepts-mithila-makhana-gi-tag-101639369086308.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Why Mithila Makhana was recently in news?a) It got GI Tagb) High productionc) Very low productiond) None of theseAnswer: (a)Related Facts:- Bihar\u2019s Mithila Makhana Is Given the Geographical Indications (GI) Tag by the Centre. Makhana (Fox nuts) are lotus flower\u2019s seed. It is grown in water and is largely found in India and known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":128125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1137],"tags":[2541],"class_list":["post-128124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mis","tag-miscellaneous-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128126,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128124\/revisions\/128126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}