Author : 
		Authored By: Ms. Amritha Gunasekaran (LL.M, (B.A.LL.B (Hons)),  Legal Consultant, TTK HealthCare, Chennai,		
		
				
		
Volume : 
		1		
		
				
		
Issue : 
		4		
		
				
		
		Abstract :
        With the announcement of the 1977 Industrial Policy Statement, the development of cottage and small-scale industries became important. In India, although the nature of the state was transferred to a minimal state after 1990, the forces of democracy forced the state to be an integrative state that gave importance to both public welfare and market needs. 		
        
		
				
		
Keyword :
		Geographical Indications (GI)