Rudraprayag, June 15 -- A women-led Self-Help Group (SHG) in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district is playing a key role in preparing the Mahaprasadam laddus offered at the revered Kedarnath temple, providing livelihood opportunities to local women while promoting millet cultivation under the state government's Millet Mission.

The SHG, comprising more than 50 women, is involved in making the laddus from amaranth, a traditional coarse grain that is being cultivated as part of a special campaign launched by the Agriculture Department under the Millet Mission.

Chief Agriculture Officer Lokendra Bisht said the Millet Mission is one of the flagship schemes of the Uttarakhand government aimed at boosting millet production and enhancing farmers' ...