Stamps And Coins

Conglomerate ITC on Tuesday in collaboration with the Department of Post released a special postal stamp to raise awareness on millets. The stamp was released here by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Kailash Choudhary, in the presence of Chief Post Master General Sushri Manju Kumar and ITC Group Head - Agri-Business S Sivakumar. The ITC Mission Millets postal stamp acknowledges the significant role of farmers and connects sustainable farming to nutritious food products and delicious millet-based recipes and dishes, a statement said. During the event, Choudhary highlighted the actions taken by the government for the promotion of Shree Anna (millets). India is the largest producer of millets in the world. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has taken several initiatives such as the celebration of the International Year of Millets-2023, holding of G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting (AMM), designating ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad as Global Centre of Excellenc

The government is contemplating releasing the stamp on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lata Mangeshkar on September 28.

'My skill at concise expressions of intense personal feelings, honed in my grandmother's kitchen, was later tested once in a crowded Kolkata post office', says the author

Alok K Goyal, a software consultant, is taking India to the world through unique stamps and coins