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Minister calls for use of millets
Minister for Agriculture, Prathipati Pulla Rao on Saturday inaugurated the Millets Festival 2016 at a programme held at Mahima Gardens in Guntur city on Saturday. Speaking on this occasion, the Minister stressed on need to consume millets for good health and explained steps taken by the government to support farmers cultivating millets.
Amaravati: Minister for Agriculture, Prathipati Pulla Rao on Saturday inaugurated the Millets Festival 2016 at a programme held at Mahima Gardens in Guntur city on Saturday. Speaking on this occasion, the Minister stressed on need to consume millets for good health and explained steps taken by the government to support farmers cultivating millets.
He said that millets consumption gradually increasing and farmers had cultivated millets in 3.5 lakh hectares in the State. The State government has taken steps to increase millets production and will also provide marketing facility soon. He instructed the officials to create awareness on millets consumption.
As many as 54 millet food stalls were set up in the festival and the Minister visited the stalls and consumed millets food. State women commission chairperson Nannapaneni Rajakumari urged the government to sanction interest-free loans to the farmers cultivating the millets. MLA G V Anajaneyulu, officials of Acharya N G Ranga University, agriculture department were present.
