Tasty Affair With Humble Millet At Eatery Stalls In City

Bhubaneswar: To spread awareness about nutritional benefits and the easy way to bring tasty millet to urban dining table, eatery stalls are being put up across Odisha capital from 6 pm to 9.30 pm this month.

It is part of Millet Mission’s Urban Internship Programme of the Odisha government, being implemented through Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS) and Watershed Support Services and Activity Network (WASSAN).

On the menu at the stalls will be foxtail millet (kangu/kora) kheer, vadas as well as finger millet (ragi/mandya) laddoos and pakodas.

The state government had launched Millet Mission in 2016 and implemented it in 2017 kharif season. In March, the central government had also declared 2018 as the ‘National Year of Millets’.

Climate-resilient, healthy and nutritious, millet are considered smart crops and now officially declared ‘Nutri-Cereals’.

The programme is expected to benefit around five lakh small and marginal farmers with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announcing Rs 100 crore for it in the coming year. It will soon be extended from the existing 30 blocks across seven districts to 55 blocks across 11 districts.

The state government has also decided to include minor millet like little millet (suan) and foxtail millet (kangu) in midday meal (MDM) and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programmes. The required millet will be produced and supplied by Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and women SHGs.

The date-wise schedule of location is given below:

Date Location I Location II
20 May 2018 Unit I Railway Station
21 May 2018 Tech Mahindra KIIT CollegePatia
22 May 2018 Kalinga Hospital XIMB
23 May 2018 CRPF Passport Office
24 May 2018 Baramunda bus stand Khandagiri Caves
25 May 2018 Kalpana square Railway Station
26 May 2018 Lingarajtemple Museum near Kalpana Square
27 May 2018 AG Square Ram Mandir
28 May 2018 Day off Day off
29 May 2018 Unit IMarket Madhusudan Park
30 May 2018 Fortune Tower Infocity
31 May 2018 Sum Hospital Khandagiri Caves
01 June 2018 Apollo Hospital Shahid Nagar Pantaloons

 

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