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Millet International Initiative for Research and Awareness
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- India is planning to propose the launch of a global initiative to encourage the consumption and production of millets.
- It aims to connect the millet research organisations across the world while also supporting research on millet crops.
- India will contribute the “seed money” while each G20 member will later have to contribute to its budget in the form of a membership fee.
- Indian Institute of Millet Research located in Hyderabad will provide technical support to the initiative.
- With India’s insistence, the UN declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
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