Commercial production of 'Diktel Millet Biscuit' begins in Khotang

 Khotang, Aug 2: Coinciding the 'First National Millet Day-2082', the Shubham Foundation Diktel Khotang has begun commercial production of 'millet biscuit'. 

The Foundation has commercially produced and brought 'Diktel Millet (Kodo) Biscuit' in the market. 

The Foundation, as informed, has installed equipment purchased with a 50 percent grant assistance from Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadi Municipality. The biscuit, manufactured using millet flour, ghee, milk, and sugar, is packaged in a 100-gram packet priced at Rs 50. 

The biscuits produced by Shubham Foundation under the municipality's indigenous crop promotion programme were jointly launched by the chief of the District Coordination Committee Khotang Sanbahadur Rai, Chief District Officer Kalpana Shrestha, heads of the three security agencies, and ward-2 chair Solma Dhruba Bikram Rai among others. 

On the occasion of the first National Millet Day, food items made from millet were showcased along with the biscuits. 

The day organized jointly by the Agriculture Knowledge Center Khotang, Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadi Municipality, and Shubham Foundation, featured cakes, momos, cookies, selroti, dried bread, kheer, and tongba alongside the biscuits in the exhibition. 

Executive Director of Shubham Foundation, Surya Bahadur Rai, informed that the production of 'Dikhel Millet Biscuit' has begun commercially by fulfilling the standards set by the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control. 'We have started the commercial production of biscuits with the aim of creating employment by marketing millet dishes', he added. (RSS)