Millets

Rajasthan farmers get free seed kits under state govt's millet push

The agriculture and allied sectors contribute 27 per cent to Rajasthan's gross domestic state product

McDonald's India to offer burgers with bun co-created with CSIR-CFTRI

McDonald's India, which operates a QSR chain in West and South through its franchise Westlife Foodworld, would offer burgers with multi-millet bun, which has been co-created with premier food technology research institute CSIR-CFTRI. The company has partnered with CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), functioning under Ministry of Science & Technology, for this multi-millet bun and it will source millets directly from farmers. This is the first-ever collaboration in the QSR (quick service restaurant) space, which combines CSIR-CFTRI's expertise with McDonald's thrust for developing nutritious food options. "The purpose is to improve the nutritional quality of our food, so that the customer in the long run benefits from it. It will definitely put us leaps ahead because we are leading from the front in the QSR space when it comes to this," McDonald's India Executive Director Akshay Jatia told PTI. The multi-millet bun has five millets - Bajra, Ragi, Jowar, ...

Good food journey: How India can build on gains from the year of millets

Year of millets over, we need to dedicate a decade to these grains to build on the gains of 2023

Potential for India, Guyana to boost ayurveda, millets collaboration: Prez

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said there is immense potential to improve collaboration in ayurveda, bio-fuels and agriculture, especially in millets, between India and Guyana. She said that despite being geographically distant, India and Guyana are connected by the virtue of "our colonial past, our diverse and multicultural societies, and the strong bonds of culture, traditions and language with the sizeable Indian diaspora community that has made Guyana its home for nearly two centuries". Welcoming Prime Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana Brigadier (retd) Mark Phillips and his delegation, who had called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, the president said there is a need to further diversify the bilateral trade basket. "There is also immense potential to improve collaboration in the fields of ayurveda, bio-fuels and agriculture -- especially in millets," Murmu said, according to a statement issued by the President's Office. She said that by working togethe

Indore college prepares edible crockery from millets to replace plastic

The institute claims it will help people to choose alternatives to plastic and using edible crockery will also improve their health

Hotels, restaurants in Rajasthan to serve millet dishes to tourists

The move comes after a delegation of the Hotel Federation of Rajasthan recently met Chief Minister (CM) Bhajanlal Sharma

Farmers in Madhya Pradesh growing millet to receive cash incentive

According to the recently announced Rani Durgavati Shri Anna (Millets) Promotion Scheme, the incentive would be deposited directly into the farmers' bank accounts

Millets will be included in Indira Canteens, mid-day meals: Karnataka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said millets will be used in Indira Canteens -- a state-run food subsidisation programme -- and mid-day meals of school children, and also announced that the state government will set up a centre for promotion of millet crops. He was speaking after inaugurating the Millets and Organic International Trade Fair 2024 and the Exhibition and Sales organised by the Department of Agriculture here. The Chief Minister said a meeting of the concerned departments will be convened soon to discuss and decide on the use of millets in Indira Canteens and school meals "so that the people and school children of the state can become more healthy and strong". Siddaramaiah assured that his government will set up a centre for promotion of millet crops and facilitate production of high quality millet seeds, development of new varieties and export of millets. "Millets can be grown even in places where rainfall and soil fertility is low. Millets are very ..

30 cos taking advantage of PLI scheme to make millet-based products: Govt

Around 30 companies, including 22 MSMEs, are taking advantage of the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing millet-based products, according to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The PLI for Millet Based Products (PLISMB) was carved out of the savings of the main PLI Scheme for the Food Processing Industries (PLIFPI) to encourage the use of millets in Ready to Cook/Ready to Eat (RTC/RTE). According to the ministry, around 30 companies, including 22 MSMEs, are involved in the promotion of millet-based products under the PLISMBP. The PLISMBP scheme -- approved in August with an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore arising out of the savings from other segments -- envisages the use of a minimum of 15 per cent millet content in the approved food products, it said in a statement. Otherwise, under the PLISFPI, 176 proposals under different categories have been approved so far and about Rs 584.30 crore incentive has been released, it added.

Lenovo provides tech support to revive indigenous millets in Kerala

To revive indigenous varieties of millets in the country, technology company Lenovo has been providing digital and technical support at Kanthalloor in Kerala to grow six varieties of the cereal. Under its Work for Humankind Initiative, Lenovo set up a digital centre at the Institute of Human Resources Development (IHRD) College for Applied Sciences, Kanthalloor, to provide access to technology tools to revive six millet varieties in Kerala that will help ease millet production processes and create market linkages, Lenovo Foundation Head of Asia Pacific CSR and Philanthropy Pratima Harite told PTI. In the first year of the project, which began in October, 25 farmers took part in the initiative to cultivate six varieties of millets in 25 acres of land, Harite said. The six millet varieties are finger millet, barnyard millet, little millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, and kodo millet, some of which were still being grown for self consumption. "The farmers were selected by the villag

Millet prices double on increased consumption; bad weather hits production

The Jowar growing region of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana have suffered droughts, whereas the brown top crop areas in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala have received excess rainfall

Int'l food safety body endorses India's proposal on standards for millets

India's proposal for development of global standards for millets has been endorsed by members of a leading international food safety and quality standard-setting body created by the UN, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The Codex Alimentarious Commission (CAC) also praised India's standards on millets during its 46th session held in Rome, Italy, it said. India has framed a comprehensive group standard for 15 types of millets specifying eight quality parameters, which received resounding applause at the international meet, the ministry said. The CAC, an international food safety and quality standard-setting body created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations with 188 member countries, currently has standards for sorghum and pearl millet. India put forward a proposal for the development of global standards for millets, particularly for finger millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet, proso millet and little mil

India, Asean launch 5-day millets fest to raise awareness, create market

India and ASEAN Wednesday launched a five-day Millets Festival here in the Indonesian capital, a move aimed at raising awareness and creating a market for millets and millets-based products among the 10-member bloc. The Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) participated in the ASEAN-India Summit and East Asia Summit on September 7. During the ASEAN-India summit, one of the joint statements adopted was about food security," India's Ambassador to ASEAN Jayant Khobragade said. "In two months we are having the Millet festival which also covers food security. That is how effectively our comprehensive strategic partnership is working, he said. Describing Millets as one of the important elements for ensuring food security, he said this was very well in the overall framework of the ASEAN-India relationship. There is a lot of interest. For this millet festival, we have representation not only from Indian farmers and industrialists but also from ASEAN member states, he added. Khobragade also ...

Odisha should lead way in making roadmap for millets for next decade: CM

Odisha should aim to become a centre of excellence for other states and countries, the CM further added

Kharif season: Over 0.8 mn MT paddy, 0.114 mn MT millet procured in Haryana

Haryana has procured 8.06 lakh Metric Tonnes (MT) of paddy and 1.14 lakh MT of millet at its mandis in the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season. The procurement of paddy and millet is progressing seamlessly at the mandis in the ongoing season, an official statement said here on Tuesday. "The state has so far procured 8.06 lakh Metric Tonnes (MT) of paddy and 1.14 lakh MT of millet. A total payment of Rs 690 crore has been disbursed directly into the accounts of over 32,000 farmers for their crop purchases through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system," it said. The statement said in a farmer-centric move to accommodate the early arrival of kharif crops, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar decided to start procurement in September, ahead of the traditional October 1. Paddy procurement started on September 25, based on farmers' demands. To facilitate this, 231 mandis were established across the state. "The set target for paddy procurement during the Kharif Marketing Season 2023 is 60 l

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Area under millets except bajra lower than last year this season

Jowar, along with bajra and ragi, constitutes almost 70 per cent of the millets produced in the country

From laddus, cookies to chaklis, G20 guests get a taste of Bastar's millet

A group in the state's Balod district has started producing Chikki made from millet. It is a part of the Chhattisgarh government's Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Park scheme

G20 Summit: Celebrity chef Kunal Kapur brings millets to the global palate

On millets, he said these are rich in minerals and iron. Our cuisine started with millets... the highly refined flour that the world uses is not great for health

MAHARISHI initiative decoded: Strengthening millets research collaboration

This initiative aims to bolster research and awareness concerning agro-biodiversity, food security, and nutrition