With food security and nutrition a top priority in agriculture during its G20 Presidency, India is planning to propose the launch of a global initiative - MIIRA, to encourage the consumption and production of millets. A draft charter of the initiative is ready and will be placed for approval at the first meeting of the Agricultural Deputies (under G20) from February 13-15 at Indore, MP.

• The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM), a proposal sponsored by the Government of India to promote these "nutri-cereals."
• The declaration will be helpful to the Government of India in articulating its goal of making IYM 2023 a "People's Movement" as well as presenting India as the "Global Hub for Millets," as India produces one-fifth of the world's millets.
• The year 2023 is also significant because of India’s G20 Presidency, which will also have five meetings on agriculture.