The announcement was made by Sudesh Mokhta, Member Secretary of Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE). The Himachal Pradesh Patent Information Centre of the HIMCOSTE had jointly sent an application with other organisations including Ambedkar Mission Society, Chamba, to the Registrar of Geographical Indications in Chennai, arguing the case for a GI tag on behalf of the indigenous manufactures of 'Chamba Chappals.'
The state, he said, had moved its case for the registration under the Geographical Indications of Goods Act, 1999 three years back and since then the process has been rather slow.