<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the year 2022-23 would be the 'International Year of Millets'.</p>.<p>"Support will be given for post-harvest value addition, enhancing domestic consumption and branding millet products nationally as well as internationally," she said.</p>.<p>Prior to this, the year 2018 had been declared as the 'National Year of Millets'.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/union-budget/union-budget-2022-live-updates-nirmala-sitharaman-speech-income-tax-slabs-itr-news-customs-duty-gold-finance-minister-elections-farmers-1076752.html" target="_blank">Budget 2022 Live on DH</a></strong></p>.<p>India is among the largest global producers of millets with Rajasthan the top millet-producing state, catering to over 40 per cent of total production in the country.</p>.<p>Karnataka also ranks pretty high in terms of millet production, with the state producing over 3 lakh tonnes of millets every year.</p>.<p>The finance minister also noted that chemical-free natural farming would be promoted throughout the nation with a focus on 5-km-wide corridors of farmer land along the River Ganga.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the year 2022-23 would be the 'International Year of Millets'.</p>.<p>"Support will be given for post-harvest value addition, enhancing domestic consumption and branding millet products nationally as well as internationally," she said.</p>.<p>Prior to this, the year 2018 had been declared as the 'National Year of Millets'.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/union-budget/union-budget-2022-live-updates-nirmala-sitharaman-speech-income-tax-slabs-itr-news-customs-duty-gold-finance-minister-elections-farmers-1076752.html" target="_blank">Budget 2022 Live on DH</a></strong></p>.<p>India is among the largest global producers of millets with Rajasthan the top millet-producing state, catering to over 40 per cent of total production in the country.</p>.<p>Karnataka also ranks pretty high in terms of millet production, with the state producing over 3 lakh tonnes of millets every year.</p>.<p>The finance minister also noted that chemical-free natural farming would be promoted throughout the nation with a focus on 5-km-wide corridors of farmer land along the River Ganga.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>