Chandigarh, April 5:
In order to provide a balanced and nutritious diet to the players of Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led State Government has introduced millets into the menu of all the centres of Punjab State Institute of Sports (PIS). This proposal will be implemented at all sports centres in the state.
It was disclosed by Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer in a press communiqué released here today.
The Minister further said that millets will be provided thrice a week in the form of Ragi porridge (Dalia), mixed millets chapatis and Bajra-Dal Khichdi. Trainees will be made aware of the benefits of the consumption of millet through online and offline classes periodically.
This initiative will fulfil the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s motto of a healthy and prosperous Punjab.
Principal Secretary Sports Rakhee Gupta Bhandari said that this is also in coherence with the United Nation’s movement of ‘International Year of Millets- 2023’. The sports department has made full preparations to implement this new initiative. Trainees are being made aware of the IYOM-2023 and the benefits of millets in a player’s diet.
