Gandhinagar: Gujarat government will organise "Millet Mahotsav and Prakrutik Farmer Market 2025" on February 8-9, 2025. This two-day event aims to promote millet-based products and natural farming practices. The festival will take place across seven municipal corporations: Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar, and Rajkot. The main event will be organized at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. On Saturday, at 12:15 PM, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate the ...Read More

Gandhinagar: On the initiative of Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi, the United Nations declared 2023 the 'International Millennium Year'. The state government has also planned a special programme this year to promote millets. The Department of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Cooperation is organising 'Millet Festival 2024' from March 1 to 3 in eight municipalities of the state. 'Millet Mahotsav-2024' will be organized at the Sabarmati Riverfront Ground in Ahmedabad from March 1st to March 3...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today launched a millet pizza named 'Ragi Super Crust Pizza' from Domino's, a brand of Jubilant FoodWorks Limited. Along with this the CM also inaugurated the food processing unit of Jubilant Foodworks in Sanand. "Gujarat as a state is extremely important to us. Coming to Gujarat is like coming home. The state of Gujarat and its people have given us numerous opportunities to grow over the years. We are also excited about setting up our new f...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference at Subramaniam Hall, NASC Complex, IARI Campus, PUSA New Delhi today. The two-day global conference will have sessions on all important issues related to millets (Shree Anna) like promotion and awareness of millets among producers, consumers and other stakeholders; millets’ value chain development; health and nutritional aspects of millets; market linkages; research and development etc. The Pr...Read More

Gandhinagar: The state government will buy millets namely summer Bajri, Juvar and Ragi at the support price from the farmers for the first time in the state, considering 2023 observed as an 'international millet year'. The state government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel declared that the purchase will be made through biometric authentication with the Aadhar card of the farmers. The farmers willing to sell their crops at the minimum support price decided by the central government have to make o...Read More