Hyderabad: In a show of commitment towards promoting millets as an essential cereal, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, organized the highly-anticipated ‘Millet Conclave 2023’. The event was inaugurated by Shri Shaji K V, Chairman of NABARD with an insightful inaugural address wherein he emphasized millets' vital role in sustainable agriculture along with food security and nutritional security. …
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commented on India's goal to promote millets both domestically and abroad while presenting the first Amrut Kaal budget. India is the world's largest producer and second-largest exporter of millets, and it to keep a serious consideration to our diet, FM announced that the Indian Institute of Millet Research in Hyderabad will be transformed into a centre …