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    Millet & School Meals

    This theme focuses on improving nutrition and food security through public distribution systems, emphasizing school meals and the inclusion of millets.

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    The Voice Summary

    In your area, citizens are expressing a strong, unified desire to enrich public food programs. The central theme revolves around the perceived gap in the current Public Distribution System (PDS) and Mid-Day Meal (MDM) schemes, where traditional and locally abundant nutritious foods are often overlooked. Submissions emphasize that integrating items such as millets, indigenous pulses, and a variety of forest produce could significantly improve children's health and combat malnutrition 🍎. This widespread call presents a clear opportunity to both revitalize local agricultural economies and foster better nutritional outcomes across communities. The community's proactive suggestions offer a clear roadmap for enhancing food security and public well-being. 💡🌿

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Traditional Grains (Millets, Kodo, Kutki)
    Integration of Local Pulses and Legumes
    Utilization of Forest Produce and Wild Edibles
    Enhancing Nutritional Value in PDS & Mid-Day Meals
    Promotion of Local Food Systems

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🍽 🌾 🍎Update the PDS and Mid-Day Meal food basket to include a wider variety of locally grown and traditionally consumed nutritious grains, pulses, and seasonal fruits/vegetables.
    • 🧑 🌾 📈Develop programs for local sourcing of traditional foods to support regional farmers and launch awareness campaigns about the nutritional benefits of indigenous food items.
    • 🌳 🍲 ✅Initiate pilot programs to safely and sustainably integrate identified nutritious forest produce into MDM and PDS, ensuring proper handling and preparation guidelines.

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    🌾 🤲 💪

    Millet food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌽 🤝 💪

    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

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Millet food should be included in PDS and midday meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🍽️ 👍

    Millet should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

    🌾 📦 💪

    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

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    🏛️ ➕ 🌾

    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

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    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

    🌱 🍽️ 💪

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

    — AbhiLL Ipsa

    🌾 🍽️ 🌟

    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

    🌾 🤲 🍽️

    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

    🌾 🥣 🚚

    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

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    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

    🌾 🤝 💪

    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

    🌾 🏫 👍

    Yes, our local foods like Kodo, Kutki, and wheat porridge should also be included in the midday meal, and the government should also promote similar food items.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, 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 and horse gram should be included in the midday meal.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🤝 🍬 🍽️

    The government should promote laddoos made from Mahapul in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.

    — SUKDEV HEMBRAM

    🫘 🏫 💪

    Moong dal is a nutritious food, it should be included in school mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    💡 🌱 💪

    If the government pays attention to nutritious food, it should focus on pulses, sesame, urad dal, and similar items, so that proper nutrition can be obtained.

    — Ranu begam · Pamgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

    🥣 🏫 💪

    Moong dal is a nutritious food. It should be included in school mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar

    🌾 🍽️ 👍

    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

    🌰 🤲 🍽️

    Include forest-based food items such as Mahua laddoo, Chaar laddoo, Fuljhi, etc., in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🏛️ 🍌 🍽️

    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

    🌳 🍽️ 🧒

    The most nutritious locally edible forest food items should be included in PDF mid-day meals, and the government wants to promote their nutritional value for children.

    — Laxmanlal

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

    🏛️ 🌸 🍽️

    The government should promote Maha Phool laddoos in midday meals.

    — SUKDEV HEMBRAM · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

    🌾 🥣 🤲

    Lentils and wheat should be provided for midday meals and in the society.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌳 🤲 🍚

    To include forest-based foods like Mahua ladoo, Char ladoo, Phuljhi, etc., in PDS and midday meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🏛️ 🌿 👶

    The govt should include green leaves, roots and millers can be introduced in PDS and MDM for better protein adding in infant food.

    — Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha

    🏛️ 🌳 🍽️

    It would be good if the government promoted these most nutritious forest foods like bananas, karadi, and kandhamula in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals.

    — anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha

    🌱 🏛️ 📣

    Our most nutritious locally available food items, which should include wheat, maize, and pure fresh food, and be promoted by the government.

    — Laxmanlal

    🌾 🏫 💪

    Coarse food items, Batti Ravi, Kulthia's Ghugri, etc., should be added in schools and Anganwadi centers.

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, 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

    🧒 🥣 🧠

    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 should be ensured that items such as millet, other commodities, and 'Kori' are included in the Public Distribution System for health.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

    🌳 🍽️ 📈

    Local forest food is available. It should be included through PDS and in meals, and the government should promote it.

    — Laxmanlal

    🌱 ❤️ ➕

    Mahua is one of the most nutritious food items, which is very beneficial for our health. Along with this, coarse grains (millets) are also beneficial for health. They should be included. PDS.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

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    🌾Millet in School Meals28 voices
    🥕Local & Traditional Meals23 voices
    🍎Child School Nutrition17 voices
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