Explanation:

• Kashmiri saffron, the pride of Jammu & Kashmir, has finally been granted Geographical Indication (GI) tag, thus symbolizing its exclusivity in the international market.
• The saffron available in Kashmir is of three types —
• ‘Lachha Saffron’, with stigmas just separated from the flowers and dried without further processing;
• ‘Mongra Saffron’, in which stigmas are detached from the flower, dried in the sun and processed traditionally; and
• ‘Guchhi Saffron’, which is the same as Lachha, except that the latter’s dried stigmas are packed loosely in air-tight containers while the former has stigmas joined together in a bundle tied with a cloth thread.