PTI
Chandigarh, April 6
The Punjab authorities has launched millets in the menu for gamers at all centres of Punjab State Institute of Sports to offer them with a balanced and nutritious weight loss plan.
“Millets shall be offered thrice per week in the shape of Ragi porridge (Dalia), combined millet chapatis and Bajra-Dal Khichdi. Trainees shall be made conscious of the advantages of the consumption of millet by on-line and offline lessons periodically,” Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer stated on Wednesday.
He stated this initiative is an element of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s motto of a wholesome and affluent Punjab.
Principal Secretary, Sports Department, Rakhee Gupta Bhandari stated the division has made full preparations to implement this new initiative.
The 12 months 2023 has been declared as International Year of Millets by the United Nations. Trainees are being made conscious of the advantages of coarse grains, together with millets, in their weight loss plan, she stated.
