Popularising Millets (Shree Anna): A Medium of Holistic Development and Global Well-Being

By : Research Associates (Lok Sabha Secretariat)

Page No: 212-253

Abstract
This article highlights the importance of millets in the present world scenario in general and for India in particular. While explaining the threefold benefits of millets – for farmers as drought resistance crop, consumers as nutritional diet, and the planet as a whole – the article points out why the millets are being called nutri-cereals. How millets can play a big role in nutritional security of India is also explained in the article. Describing the proactive role of Government of India to mainstream millets, initiatives taken up by India to do so and events organised, in India and outside, to popularise millets during the celebration of National Year of Millets 2018 and International Year of Millets (IYoM) 2023 are highlighted in detail in the article. Some of the inspiring stories of the common men, who have worked exceptionally to popularise and highlight the importance of millets, as case studies are covered to inspire others world over in the article. At the end, some of challenges which need to be considered while working on the task to make millets as part of daily diet of common men are also narrated.