International Year of Millets 2023 kicks off in India

International Year of Millets 2023 kicks off in India

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Category : Important Days Published on: January 03 2023

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  • The government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheaded the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution for declaring the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets and the proposal of India was supported by 72 countries.
  • UNGA declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets in March 2021.
  • January 2023 is the focused month for the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, and the States of Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, and Rajasthan for conducting events and activities related to the millets year.
  • Millet is a common term for categorizing small-seeded grasses that are often called Nutri-cereals. 
  • Some of them are sorghum (jowar), pearl millet (bajra), finger millet (ragi), little millet (kutki), foxtail millet (kakun), proso millet (cheena), barnyard millet (sawa), and kodo millet (kodon).
  • India produces more than 170 lakh tonnes of millet, which is 80 percent of Asia's and 20 percent of global production.
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