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platform to consolidate farmers, branding, labelling and
Food Production Organisations promotion, international
(FPOs), exporters, associations, outreach, and policy interventions
other stakeholders, research and for mainstreaming. Bringing
innovation, and identification back the glory of millets will
of new potential international make the country Atmanirbhar in
markets for promotion of Indian three areas — food, nutrition, and
millets. economy. These miracle grains
The Prime Minister himself is are capable of orchestrating a
making efforts to promote millets food revolution, which will be a
and spread holistic wellness to win-win for both the producers
the world. In his recent ‘Mann ki and the consumers.
Baat’ address, he shared that
he makes it a point that dishes
PM’s clarion call
made of millets are served to
“India is the largest producer of
the foreign dignitaries visiting
millets in the world; hence the
India. “And the experience has
responsibility of making this
been that these dignitaries have initiative a success also rests
very much relished them and on the shoulders of us Indians.
they also try to collect a lot of Together, we all have to make
information about our millets,” it a mass movement, and also
he said. increase the awareness of
In the run up to the millets among the people of
International Year of Millets, the the country.
Government has evolved the
In this festive season, we also
‘Seven Sutras’ — enhancement
use millets in most of the
of production/productivity,
dishes. You must share the
nutrition & health benefits, value
pictures of such delicacies
addition, processing and recipe made in your homes on social
development, entrepreneurship/ media, so that it helps in
startup/collective development, increasing awareness among
awareness creation including people about millets.”
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