Latest Millet Mahotsav News & Updates

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, March 18 (IANS) A state-wide ‘Millet Mahotsav and Natural Farmer Market’ will be held across 16 municipal corporations in Gujarat on March 21 and 22, with the main event scheduled at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, state spokesperson and Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani said on Wednesday.The two-day event, organised by the Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation under the state Agriculture Department, will take place simultaneously in cities including Surat, Vadodara, …

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government has approved Rs 793.27 crore in incentives for 29 companies under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for millet-based products to promote value addition and increase the use of millets in food products, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Ravneet Singh said the incentives have been approved under the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Foo…