Ahar Yojana

Āhār Yojanā
Native name
 "ଆହାର ଯୋଜନା"
Chain of Restaurant
Founded 2015
Founder Government of Odisha
Headquarters Bhubaneswar
Area served
 Odisha
Key people
 Naveen Patnaik
Products Food
Revenue Non - Profit Organization
Owner Government of Odisha
Ahara transporting vehicle

Āhār Yojanā (meaning "Food" in Odia) is a food subsidisation program run by the Government of Odisha to provide cheap lunch to the urban poor at five rupees. It was inaugurated on April 1, 2015 by the Chief Minister of Odisha Navin Patnaik on Utkal Divas. The scheme provides meals in five major cities of Odisha.[1] The actual cost of the food is around ₹ 20 but is subsidised to ₹ 5 with financial assistance from the Odisha Mining Corporation.[2] It is targeted at more than 60,000 people per day.

About the Scheme

The mission of this scheme is to provide cheap lunch to labourers who travel to big cities in search of work. The Government launched the scheme in five major cities of Odisha in order to ease the inconveniences of labourers. Ahar centres are mainly found in crowded places like hospitals, bus stands or railway stations to serve lunch at just ₹ 5. The hygiene of the food is checked by different Municipal hospitals.[3]

Food provided under this scheme is Bhāta (boiled rice) and Dālmā at ₹ 5. The Āhār centres provide food at the designated places at 11 am to 3 pm everyday.

Āhār Centres

  1. Cuttack : Badambadi Bus stand, Sishu Bhawan, SCB Medical [4]
  2. Bhubaneswar : Master Canteen, Baramunda, BMC office.
  3. Berhampur : New Bus stand, Old Bus stand, MKCG Medical college and Railway station.
  4. Sambalpur :
  5. Rourkela : RGH, Sector - 2, Sector - 19, Vedvyas and City Bus Stand
  6. Barbil : Even the Barbil new bus stand has this facility.
  7. Bargarh: In front of Women's college, Near Govt. Bus Stand
  8. Talcher
  9. Angul
  10. Kamakshyanagar
  11. Bhadrak: Near New Bus stand, Bankashi, Bhadrak, Odisha 756101
  12. Damanjodi

There are in total 100 Āhār centres in pipeline covering all the districts of Odisha.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Low-cost meal 'Aahar' provided by Odisha government will start from April". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Low-cost Aahar in Odisha from April 1". The Hindu. Cuttack. 18 March 2015. Retrieved Jul 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.tathya.in/new/story.aspx?sno=10171%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lowcost-aahar-in-odisha-from-april-1/article7004929.ece
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