Shi Arjun Ram Meghwal, IAS (Retd.), Honble Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, GOI released the poster of the Magic Millet Festival on the health benefits of millets specially designed for distribution in rural areas for awareness of nutritious millets..and expressed full support and also accepted the invitation to be part of this…
The Congress government in Rajasthan has planned mainstreaming of millets in the public-funded programmes with the convergence of several departments, which will lead to demand generation with the involvement of rural households, anganwadi centres and self-help groups. The State ranks at the forefront of millet cultivation in India, producing about 41% of the country’s yield.
Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, GOI in Delhi assured full support to organise the Magic Millets festival in Jaipur from September 25 to 27, 2023. Lok Samvad Sansthan organising team members. Dr Kunal Kothari, Senior Physician from Gurgaon, Dr Lata Suresh, Head Institutional Partnership and…
The year 2023 has been designated as the “International Year of Millets” and a poster for Millets Festival was released in New York along with plans to organise year-long millets-based programs.
The Congress government in the State is considering a proposal to include millets in the mid-day meal programme for schools and Anganwadi centres
