CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India. The National Farmers Day in India is also known as Kisan Divas in Hindi. Farmer’s Day is celebrated every year on 23 December, on the birthday of the 5th Prime Minister of India, Choudhary Charan Singh, also a farmer’s leader, who introduced many policies to improve the lives of the Indian farmers.

Detailed explanation-2: -As the year 2023 has been declared as the ‘International Year of Millets by United Nations (UN), the theme of this year Mahila Kisan Diwas is ‘Millets: Empowering Women and Providing Nutritional Security’.

Detailed explanation-3: -National Farmers Day, also known as Kisan Diwas, is celebrated on December 23 to commemorate and recognise farmers as the country’s backbone. This day was chosen to commemorate the birth anniversary of Choudhary Charan Singh, India’s fifth Prime Minister.