Pre-launch celebration of International Year of Millets held in New Delhi

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A pre-launch celebration of the International Year of Millets  held on 24 November in New Delhi.

Important facts

• The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) are hosting this special event.

• External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar attended the event.

• During the event, both the ministers shared the government's vision for the successful conduct of the International Year of Millets 2023.

• High Commissioners and Ambassadors of over 60 countries attended the pre-launch ceremony.

• Its main objective is to spread awareness about Indian Millets and associate with other countries for the successful global celebration of the International Year of Millets in 2023.

• Recently at the G20 summit in Bali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the benefits of millet saying that millet can solve the problem of global malnutrition and hunger.

• He also highlighted that India is promoting natural farming and re-popularizing nutritious and traditional food grains like millets for sustainable food security.