Center Sanctioned Rs. 3 Cr To Telangana For Nutri Cereals Program 2022-23

Delhi/Hyderabad, March 22 (Maxim News) The BJP-led Union government sanctioned Rs. 3 crores to Telangana under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) for the nutri cereals program 2022-23.

The Union government also sanctioned Rs. 7.47 crore to Gujarat and Rs. 60.43 crores to Karnataka in 2022-23. These details were shared by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha, on a question by BRS MP Manne Srinivas Reddy, the Union Minister said India was the largest producer and seventh largest exporter of “Shree Anna” as of 2021. the common type of millets grown in India include pearl millet (Bajra), sorghum (Jowar), finger millet (Ragi), and small millets such as foxtail millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet, proso millet, little millet and two pseudo millets such as Buckwheat and Amaranthus.

To promote and increase the production and productivity of millets, the department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has been implementing a sub-Mission on Nutri Cereals (Millets) under the National Food Security Mission since 2018-19, he said. Currently, NFSM-Nutri Cereals (Millets) is being implemented in different districts of 14 states. He informed that North Eastern and Hilly States have been given the flexibility to implement the program as per their requirement.

To make India a global hub for “Shree Anna” the Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) was being supported as the Centre of Excellence for sharing best practices, research, and technologies at the International level, the Union Minister added. (Maxim News)

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