India’s First Private Agricultural Mandi at Nashik The Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) (based in Nashik) is set to launch the first ever private agricultural mandi (market) for grapes in Mohadi village in Dindori taluka, Nashik, Maharashtra. The world-class infrastructure will be established in the next three months at a financial outlay of Rs. 25 crores. FPC will develop a 100-acre dedicated market space integrated with world-class infrastructure along services from banking to storage, processing, and packaging under one roof. Note Sahyadri FPC became the first farmer producer organisation in India in November 2022 to get the license to set up a private Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) market. So far, the traditional agricultural produce market committees (APMCs) have played a major role in regulating the market for agricultural produce and have established a monopoly. North East’s first RRIUM in Silchar, Assam Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), inaugurated the Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (RRIUM), the first of its kind institute for Unani Medicine in North East, in Silchar, Assam. The state-of-the-art institute will play a vital role in the promotion of Unani medicine, a traditional medicinal practice in the Ayush system. The complex was developed by the National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) Limited and handed over to the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), an autonomous organisation under AYUSH Ministry. About Assam Capital - Dispur Governor - Jagdish Mukhi Chief Minister - Himanta Biswa Sarma Pre-Launch of International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 Representatives from over 60 countries attended the pre-launch celebration of the IYM 2023. Objective was to spread awareness about millets and engage with other nations for IYM 2023. In 2018, India proposed to United Nations to declare 2023 as IYM. About Millets They are collective…