UP Fairs, Festivals & Crafts (ODOP/GI) (UP History & Culture).
Syllabus: UPPCS Mains GS5 & GS6 (UP-specific) + Prelims UP GK
GI tags for UPSC: Geographical Indications Act 1999, TRIPS link, registration at Chennai, 10-year validity, famous GI products, UP's ODOP and key…
The 8th PM Mementos e-Auction, open online till 2 October 2026, includes 99 mementos from Uttar Pradesh. They include a Ram Mandir model, a Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan Mandir memento, a Rani Lakshmi Bai portrait, Sanjhi paper-cut art from Mathura, para-athlete Preeti Pal's signed shirt and a Meerut Metro model.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: UP art and culture (Sanjhi), sports and heritage.
29 Sep 2026
Union Home Minister Amit Shah opened the fourth edition of the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show in Greater Noida in September 2026 and called One District, One Product a key driver of the state economy. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said UP aims to raise annual exports from about ₹2 lakh crore to ₹5 lakh crore by 2030.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP exports, ODOP and trade promotion.
25 Sep 2026
On 15 September 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Uttar Pradesh Toy Manufacturing Promotion Policy-2025. UP contributes about 50 per cent of India's exports of festive articles (HS 9505). The policy supports clusters with land, infrastructure and incentives, with special help for Purvanchal, Bundelkhand and Madhyanchal.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP industrial policy, MSMEs and ODOP/GI crafts.
15 Sep 2026
GI tag and ODOP together have raised farm incomes from this rice.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP agriculture): Kalanamak is Siddharthnagar's ODOP and a GI product of eastern UP.
11 Aug 2026
Production of Kalanamak rice in Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh, rose more than five times between 2018 and 2025, the Agriculture Ministry told Lok Sabha on 11 August 2026. Its price rose from ₹40 a kg in 2018 to ₹150 a kg in 2026, and growers rose from 2915 to 23000. Two new dwarf varieties yield 4.5 tonnes a hectare.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP agriculture): Kalanamak is Siddharthnagar's ODOP and a GI product of eastern UP.
11 Aug 2026
On 26 July 2026 the UP Chief Minister inaugurated or laid foundations for 111 projects worth over ₹682 crore in the Karhal and Mainpuri assembly areas of Mainpuri. He said Mainpuri's Tarkashi craft has won global recognition under One District One Product, and widening of the Shikohabad-Bhogaon road to 4 lanes, at ₹292 crore, is nearly complete.
UPPCS angle: ODOP one-liner: Mainpuri = Tarkashi.
26 Jul 2026