Millet on Wheels is the first mobile millet cafe in the state
Will get delicious dishes made of Ragi, Kodo, Kutki
Raipur, 04 February 2023
Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel today flagged off the state’s first mobile millet cafe ‘Millet on Wheels’ at Kharsia in Raigarh district. Higher Education Minister Mr. Umesh Patel and Home Minister Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu were also present on the occasion. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel cut a cake made of ragi on the occasion. Appreciating this initiative, he said that it would increase awareness about the consumption of millets. He extended his best wishes to the women group running this mobile cafe.
It is noteworthy that this ‘Millet on Wheels’ cafe started on the initiative of District Administration Raigarh will be a mobile Millet Cafe. In which delicious dishes made of Ragi, Kodo, Kutki will be served. It will be run by anubhav women’s group. In this mobile millet cafe, dishes like ragi cheela, dosa, millets paratha, idli, millets manchurian, pizza, kodo ki biryani and cookies will be tasted. It may be noted that the Millet Mission is being run on the initiative of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel to encourage the production and consumption of coarse grains. The year 2023 is being celebrated as International Millet Year at the international level.
Kodo, Kutki, Ragi are being procured in Chhattisgarh at the support price
Significantly, Chhattisgarh is the first state in the country, where millets are being promoted continuously under the leadership of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel. In Chhattisgarh, not only the support price of Kodo, Kutki and Ragi has been declared, but it is also being procured at the support price. With this initiative, the area under millets in Chhattisgarh has increased one and a half times and production has also increased. On the initiative of the Chief Minister, a luncheon has also been organized in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly for the MLAs and the media to promote dishes made from millets. Millet Cafe has also started in Chhattisgarh. The biggest processing plant of millets has also been set up at Nathia-Navagaon in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. To promote millets, millets processing plants are being set up in rural industrial parks being developed in Gauthan.
