Nutritious grains should again get respectable place on our food plate, says Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that nutritious grains should again get a respectable place in our food plate. He said, on the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the United Nations has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets, under which the Group of Ministers has also been entrusted with the responsibility to promote nutri-cereals. The Minister said, many programmes have been planned by the Central Government at the local, state, national and international levels.

Mr Tomar visited the Millets Culinary Carnival at Dilli Haat yesterday, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The festival is a major step towards celebrating the International Year of Millets – 2023, where the use of millets in various cuisines is being displayed during live cookery shows. In the festival, eminent chefs from different parts of the country have also participated.