We do not hold a GI registration
India operates a Geographical Indication register, and some Kashmiri handicrafts are registered under it. Our pieces are not, and we would rather say so plainly than let the mark be implied.
A GI mark certifies origin and process — where something was made and by what method. It is not a quality grade, and two registered shawls can differ enormously in fineness and in the density of the work. It is a floor, not a ranking, and its absence is not evidence of anything either.
What we can tell you is the technique, the region, the time on the loom and the fibre, per piece, on the piece’s own page.
What you can check yourself
Handwoven cloth carries small irregularities in the weft, because a human is throwing it. Perfect evenness is not proof of a fake, but it is not handwoven either — and those are different products at different prices.
On traditional pieces the fringe is the warp itself, hand-knotted at the ends. A fringe sewn on separately tells you the body was cut from a longer bolt.
On a kani piece, look at the reverse. Because the pattern is structural rather than applied, it reads on both faces. Embroidery and print do not do that.
On pashmina specifically
Pashmina is a fibre, not a technique — the undercoat of the Changthangi goat, running roughly 12–16 microns against 17–24 for fine merino. Fineness is measurable: a textile laboratory reports fibre diameter directly.
Ignore the ring test. A fine loosely-woven synthetic passes through a ring easily; a dense embroidered genuine pashmina does not. It measures weave density, not fibre.