Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed Odisha’s women self help groups (SHGs) involved in millet farming.
During his address to the nation on ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the PM said, “May I ask you one more thing? You must have heard the word entrepreneur, but have you heard Milletpreneurs? Milletpreneurs of Odisha are in the limelight these days.”
Modi added, “A Self Help Group of about 1500 women of the tribal district Sundergarh is associated with the Odisha Millets Mission. Here women are making everything from millets… to cookies, rasgulla, gulab jamun, and even cakes.”
Due to their great demand in the market, the income of women is also increasing, the PM said further.
Earlier in September 2022, the NITI Aayog had praised Sundargarh district administration for its successful implementation of the Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) and inclusion of ‘ragi laddu’ in the supplementary nutrition programme for pre-school children through the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).
