Pradeep Puri
Pradeep Puri
The government needs to actively push greater cultivation of millets, while encouraging farmers to move away from water-guzzling wheat and rice
As of now, paddy has the largest area under cultivation in India, and agricultural input subsidies are skewed towards paddy production
The government already offers a higher minimum support price (MSP) for millets like Bajra and Jowar compared to paddy