Widely known as coarse grains, millets have high nutritional value. These crops are well known for their short growing season and high productivity. Finger millet, proso millet, foxtail millet, and pearl millet which is the most grown, an important crop in India and Africa. Millets in India are more popular than Jowar, Bajra, and Ragi, some of these require good rain while some can grow perfectly for dry reasons. Their highly tolerant nature towards tough environments makes them the most reliable crop in problematic soils. The Indian government has approved 2018 as the national year of millets to boost its production.