The Union Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has said the International Year of (IYOM) 2023 will provide an opportunity to increase global production, efficient processing and better use of Crop Rotation and promote millets as a major component of the food basket. Shri Tomar said that on the initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the United Nations has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millet (IYOM).
Shri Tomar said the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is working in mission mode to increase millet production and consumption in collaboration with other Central Ministries, all State Governments and other stakeholder organizations.
India has more than 500 startups working in the millet value-added chain, while Indian Institute of Millets Research has incubated 250 startups under RKVY-Raftar.