Bringing millets back to our plates will take more than declaring 2023 the year of millets
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been making an effort to include millets in the menu for foreign leaders when they visit India. 2023 has been declared as the international year of millets by the United Nations. The army has included them in its rations, state governments are promoting them to farmers and companies are launching packaged millet based food. But what is the sudden fascination with millets? Yes, there were a staple in many cuisines across the country for centuries but rice and wheat are the staple now.
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