ASEAN-India Millet Festival-2023, organized by Indian Mission to ASEAN, was held in which one of the following countries?
- (a)India
- (b)Indonesia
- (c)Malaysia
- (d)Thailand
Correct — B, Indonesia. The ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023, organised by the Indian Mission to ASEAN, was held in Jakarta, Indonesia (the seat of the ASEAN Secretariat), to promote millets during the UN-declared International Year of Millets 2023. Hence the venue country is Indonesia.
- (a)India — The festival was hosted abroad by India's Mission to ASEAN, not in India — the whole point was to showcase Indian millets to ASEAN partners in the region.
- (c)Malaysia — The event was held in Jakarta, not in Malaysia.
- (d)Thailand — Thailand is the raw store's wrong answer; the festival was in Indonesia, where the ASEAN Secretariat is based.
On India's proposal, the United Nations declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023). India used the year to promote millets ('Shree Anna') at home and through its diplomatic missions. The ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023, run by the Indian Mission to ASEAN in Jakarta, was one such outreach, since Jakarta hosts the ASEAN Secretariat.
The options are all Indo-Pacific countries. The anchor is that the Indian Mission to ASEAN is based in Jakarta, Indonesia — where ASEAN is headquartered — so its millet festival was held there.
- 2023 was the UN International Year of Millets, proposed by India.
- The ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- It was organised by the Indian Mission to ASEAN (Jakarta hosts the ASEAN Secretariat).
- Millets promoted as 'Shree Anna'; India is a leading global producer of millets.
- Assuming an India-organised festival must be held in India.
- Not linking the Indian Mission to ASEAN with Jakarta, Indonesia.
Current-affairs GK — venue of an India-led international event, or facts about the International Year of Millets 2023.
With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion', which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach. 2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme. 3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro-irrigation equipment. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 2 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(c) 1 and 2 only
Shared theme — India's promotion of millets. UPSC tested the INSIMP millet-promotion scheme; this NDA item tests India's millet diplomacy (the ASEAN-India Millet Festival) during the International Year of Millets 2023.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The United Nations declared which year as the International Year of Millets?
- (a)2021
- (b)2022
- (c)2023
- (d)2024
Answer(c) 2023 — proposed by India.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Secretariat of ASEAN is located in which city?
- (a)Bangkok
- (b)Jakarta
- (c)Kuala Lumpur
- (d)Singapore
Answer(b) Jakarta, Indonesia — where India's Mission to ASEAN held the 2023 Millet Festival.