Millet Meals Initiative

Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.

— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

Our traditional nutritious food like kodo, kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, etc., as khichdi and dalia should be given in mid-day meals, and it would be great if the government also includes such grains in PDS.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Request to the government: It would be good if food prepared from ragi/millet is provided in PDS midday meals.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

Kodo, kutki, maize, and sorghum porridge, and also indigenous pulses, should be included in the midday meal, and it would be very good if the government promotes them.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

It would be good to provide nutritious food like finger millet in meals.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

The government should include millet in PDS or mid-day meals.

— Kusha Mahakud

Kodo, kutki, maize porridge, along with horse gram, moong, and rahat dal, should be given in mid-day meals and also included in the PDS.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

It would be good if the government provided highly nutritious foods like banana, sweet potato, yam, and sago through PDS in mid-day meals.

— anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha

It would be good to provide millet-based food to school children for lunch.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good if foods like ragi, millet, and Sua are given to school children in the mid-day meal two days a week.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Millet and horse gram should be included in the midday meal.

— Kachala Choudhary

It would be good to give school children ragi and millet-based food two days a week in their midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to provide millets like Suan, Mandia, Kangu, Bargudi Badi to school children for three days a week in their midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

The government should promote the most nutritious foods easily available in our region, such as kodo, kutki, maize, along with tur dal, gram, and horse gram lentils, and include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.

— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

The most nutritious locally available moong dal and urad dal should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

— AbhiLL Ipsa

To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi and mandua should be included in school midday meals.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

It would be good to provide millet-based meals twice a week for lunch at school.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Our native little millet, kodo, maize, sorghum, arhar, urad, kulthi, moong, and soybean should also be included in the government's ration card and in our school's midday meal.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

The traditional nutritious food of our community like Kodo, Kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, arhar, sesame, masoor, moong, chana, batla etc. should be included in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals, and the government should promote them.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

It would be beneficial if food items like corn and millet porridge are provided to school children for two days during the mid-day meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Millet is an indigenous food. If we provide millet to children as a midday meal in schools, their physical and mental wellbeing will improve.

— Padmini Bhoi

Millet is our traditional food, and it would be good if millet were included in school midday meals.

— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha

It would be good to provide traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

It would be good if nutritious food is given to school children in their mid-day meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

While promoting our traditional grains, the government should also include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, maize, Rahar, Kurthi, chickpeas, and other pulses should also be given in schools and Anganwadi centers under the Midday Meal Scheme, and they should also be promoted by the government.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, Maize, Jowar, Bajra, Kangni, Rahar, and Kurthi should be included in mid-day meals and the PDS, and if the government also promotes them, it can definitely happen.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Millet is a nutritious and protein-rich food. We can provide millet to children in school midday meals because it is nutritious.

— Padmini Bhoi

Kodo kutki, maize, wheat, and kulthi and pigeon pea grown in our region should also be included in mid-day meals and PDS.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Including millet, foxtail millet, and sorghum twice a week in the school's midday meal would keep health good.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Amla pickle should be included in mid-day meals among local forest food items, and traditional produce like Kodo, Kutki, maize, and pulses like Kurthi, Moong, Chana, and Rahar should be included in PDS.

— Rupesh Maravi

It would be good to provide food to our children through mid-day meals at school.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

This is Khagi Sharma ji, and he believes that if grains like jowar, ragi, and other similar items were provided to school students and children as part of the midday meal, it would be very beneficial.

— Jadumani Nial · Muktāpur, Nuapada, Odisha

Ragi gruel, in its natural form, is pure and nutritious for the body. It would be beneficial if everyone consumed ragi gruel with their midday meal and thereby received such nutritious food.

— Mishra · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

By including finger millet in the midday meal, one can benefit from nutritious food.

— Lily Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

In the mid-day meal, our Anganwadi center should prepare and provide various items using kodo, ragi, and Guruji's food, so that children get their vitamins.

— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

It would be good if all the nutritious foods found in the forest such as Lepherasā, Kachar sāg, Gukurijīv sāg, Kaḍī, Heḍuā, Chhati, Ruguḍā are added to the Mid-Day Meal PDS.

— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

Ragi, bhadi, and kodra kheer and rabri should be included in schools.

— Kachala Choudhary