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Recently, the Rajasthan Government announced a scheme named Indira Rasoi Yojana to provide meals twice a day on the concessional rate.

⚡️⚡️**About the scheme:**⚡️⚡️

🔹 The scheme has been named in honour of late Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India with a corpus of ₹100 crores per annum. 

🔸 The scheme will focus on eradicating the dearth of nutritious food and hunger in the state. @mmnotes

🔹This scheme will provide food to the needy people living in the jurisdiction of urban local bodies and will function keeping in mind the requirements and tastes of every municipality

🔸Use of Information Technology will ensure smooth functioning and monitoring of the Yojana.

🔹For implementation and monitoring, a committee headed by the district collector will be constituted.

💥💥**Few other similar initiatives:**💥💥

❤️ In 2016 Rajasthan government launched ‘Annapurna Rasoi Yojana’, a subsidised meal scheme offering breakfast and lunch for Rs 5 and Rs 8.

💙 *#The Amma Canteen by the Government of Tamil Nadu** which provides idli for ₹1, a plate of sambar rice for ₹5, a plate of “Karuvapellai Satham” (Curry leaves rice) for ₹5 and a plate of curd rice for₹3.

❤️ Akshaya Patra, an NGO that works with the government on Mid-Day Meal Scheme for children. 

💙 Deendayal canteens in Madhya Pradesh, Aam Aadmi canteens in Delhi and other such canteens in Odisha and Karnataka are providing subsidised food to needy.
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