QUESTION 4
GS3
10 marks
Explain the role of millets for ensuring health and nutritional security in India.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain how millets can improve health and nutrition security in India.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Nutrition: fibre, iron, calcium (ragi), protein, low glycaemic index, gluten-free≈35 words
- 2Health: help against anaemia, diabetes, obesity≈35 words
- 3Nutrition security: climate resilience, inclusion in PDS and mid-day meals, International Year of Millets 2023; challenges in demand and processing≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Nutritional profileHealth benefitsFood system roleChallengesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only agronomic benefits
- No policy example
Draw this
- Table: millet → key nutrient
Value addition
- Fact2023 was declared the International Year of Millets by the UN on India's proposal.UN General Assembly resolution 75/263
- ExampleOdisha Millet Mission revived ragi cultivation and added it to PDS.Government of Odisha
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 32 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
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