1. 1 National Workshop on GI for Agriculture Products: Leveraging Legal Protection for Commercial Gains Organised by APEDA Under UNCTAD-MOIC-DFID project on Strategies and Preparedness for Trade and Globalisation in India New Delhi, 25 November 2008

2. 2 Registration of Basmati Rice as GI Presentation by A.K.Gupta Advisor, APEDA

3. 3 Presentation Outline Infringement of “Basmati” IPR Government Mandate Joint Heritage with Pakistan Post Registration Administration

4. 4 Infringement of “Basmati” IPR USA attempt to register basmati and similar sounding names. Successful to defend such attempts in many countries

5. 5 Government Mandate Export thrust in APEDA Act, 1985 Ordinance in October 2008

6. 6 Joint Heritage with Pakistan Some part of pre-partition ‘Punjab’ is with Pakistan Consensus building on definition, characteristics and areas Joint Working Group Meetings in India and Pakistan Concept of third country registration

7. 7 Post Registration Administration BEDF Seed Act EIC Act Agmark