The government is promoting cultivation of millets like ragi and jowar on a mission mode to achieve nutritional security, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.
Millets, also called 'nutri cereals' are being procured at the support price and also being included under Midday Meal scheme and public distribution system (PDS), he said.
Addressing MPs in a consultative committee meeting here, Singh said the government has also decided to declare 2018 as 'National Year of Millets.'
"As a result of this, level of nutrients like protein, Vitamin-A, iron and iodine fell in women and children."
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