Lucknow sources have made a statement that To ensure that people belonging to economically weaker sections get at least one square meal a day, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is thinking of introducing a 'thaali' priced at just Rs 5. UP minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary told "The thaali will consist of rice, chapattis, daal, a vegetable dish and papad. All this will be made available at a price of Rs 5".
Chaudhary holds the charge of the dairy development, religious affairs, culture, minority welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj departments in the Adityanath government. Further the minister said that during a recent official tour to Chhattisgarh he happened to taste a Rs 5 meal, which was being provided by the government of that state.
Chaudhary said "I tasted an Rs 5 thaali while on tour. I was moving
from one institution to another. We made a stoppage that was spontaneous and
not pre-planned. It was there we had the Rs 5 meal and that the food was clean,
hygienic and tasted really good".
Chaudhary added that last month, the Madhya Pradesh government had also kick- started its 'Deendayal Rasoi Yojana', to provide subsidized meals to the poor at Rs 5 per plate at some select outlets and the ambitious scheme of the MP government was launched on April 7, simultaneously in Bhopal and Gwalior. In Tamil Nadu, Amma Unavagam (Amma Canteen) is a food subsidization programme run by the state government that is quite popular among the people.
