PM Modi had lunch in parliament, enjoyed Bajra dishes with Dhankhar-Kharge

prime minister narendra modi has lunch in Parliament. During this, they were served millet dishes. In fact, the prime minister wrote from his social media handles, we are preparing to mark the year 2023 as the international Millet Year.

prime minister narendra modi on tuesday had lunch with leader of the Opposition in parliament Mallikarjun Kharge and Vice President jagdeep Dhakhar. During this, they were served millet dishes. In fact, prime minister narendra modi has written from his social media handles, we are preparing to mark the year 2023 as the international Millet Year. We were served millet dishes for lunch in Parliament. It was good to see everyone's participation cutting across party lines.

The prime minister remained in the program for about forty minutes. Agriculture minister Narendra Tomar, Defense minister Rajnath Singh, rajya sabha Chairman jagdeep dhankhar and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda were sitting with PM narendra modi during the meal. minister of State for Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje said, "We prepared dishes including roti and sweets made of jowar bajra and ragi, for which chefs were specially brought in from Karnataka. I am glad that the prime minister really enjoyed his meal here." "

The dishes made today included Bajra Khichdi, Ragi Dosa, Ragi Roti, Jowar Roti, turmeric Curry, Bajra, Churma. Sweet dishes included bajra kheer, bajra cake etc. Earlier on tuesday, during the bjp Parliamentary party meeting, the prime minister insisted on celebrating the international Millet Year 2023. prime minister Modi also suggested ways to promote the ongoing nutrition campaign with millets.

prime minister Modi's initiative United Nations has declared next year 2023 as the international Millet Year. The government of india had notified millet as a nutri-cereal in april 2018. The government has included millet in the nutrition mission campaign. Bajra is being implemented as a nutritious food grain in 212 districts of 14 states under the National Mission on Food Security (NFMS). Asia and Africa are the major production and consumption centers of millet crops. india, Niger, sudan and nigeria are the major millet producing countries.

bjp is the major producer of millet. One or more of the crop species of millets are grown in most of the states of the country, including jowar, bajra, ragi, small millet with kangni, kutki or small millet, kodon, gangora, brown top. During the last five years, the country produced the highest millet production of 18 million tonnes in 2020-21.