Mobile Annapurna Canteen: Book Meal at Rs 5 & Get Door Delivery

(Telangana) Mobile Annapurna Canteen: Book Meal at Rs 5 & Get Door Delivery

If you are a citizen of Telangana state, today we will share very important news for you. After the successful runway of the Rs.5 Annapurna Meal Scheme, now the Telangana State Government has announced the Mobile Annapurna Canteen to cater to senior citizens and PWD candidates in the state. There are many people who cannot reach Annapurna Canteen to buy food. Mobile Annapurna Canteen is beneficial for them. In this article today you can learn about what a plan is, what benefits people get, and how you can get these benefits.

The menu is simple: idli and Pongal for breakfast, three varieties of rice dishes for lunch, and chapattis served with dal for dinner (the chapattis come for 3 rupees each with free dal). A pioneering welfare scheme, these canteens were an instant hit with the urban poor. While their earlier meals at private eateries cost Rs.40-50, the workers could now fill their stomachs for as less as Rs 10. Even when much of Chennai was crippled by recent cyclone Vardah, the 400-odd Amma canteens meant the poor did not go hungry

The immense success of Amma canteens has prompted many other state governments to do the same. In 2015, the Uttarakhand government launched 14 new state government-run eateries, ‘Indira Amma Canteens’ that would serve a variety of local food at Rs 20 a plate. The menu incorporates Garhwali and Kumaoni dishes that use local ingredients like Pahari rice, garth ki dal, Pahari tur, Bhatt ki dal, manual, and Jhangora. All the food served at these canteens is cooked by different women’s self-help groups, including members of the Mahila Mangal Dal.

In Andhra Pradesh, NTR Anna canteens were launched in June 2016 and are already feeding hundreds of government employees who have recently relocated from Hyderabad to the state’s new capital Amravati. In Telangana, multiple TRP meal kiosks have been set up in Hyderabad.  Their frugal meal of rice, sambar, and pickle (at Rs 5 per plate) feeds almost 15000 people daily.

In Odisha, Ahaar centers serving piping hot Dalma (a watery mixture of lentils and boiled vegetables) with rice at just 5 rupees a plate have proven to be a big draw. While Chhattisgarh has enshrined its low-cost kitchens in law, Jharkhand’s ‘Mukhyamantri Dal Bhat Yojana’ is among the oldest soup kitchens run in the country. Madhya Pradesh is planning to launch its own version of subsidized canteens next year while Delhi has announced the launch of its ‘Aam Aadmi’ canteens.

Recently, Rajasthan became the latest state to start its own scheme, Annapurna Rasoi. These canteens will provide good quality, subsidized meals to the less-privileged three times a day against a payment of Rs 5 for breakfast and Rs 8 for lunch and dinner. People interested in sponsoring meals can contact Jeevan Sambal Trust, the self-help group that is implementing this scheme.

Other than state-run community kitchens, several public-spirited individuals have also been running low-cost canteens that cater to low-income, migrant and homeless populations. In 2014, ‘Kashtachi Bhakar’ – a Pune eatery that provides food at affordable rates for laborers, students, and people from the weaker sections of the society – completed 40 years.

‘Kashtachi Bhakar’ which literally means hard-earned food, was started on October 2, 1974, by Gandhian activist, Baba Adhav, who is also the founder of Hamal Panchayat, a forum that works for the laborers. From just one eatery in 1974, the city now has 12 such eateries in Pune. These eateries operate on a no-loss no-profit basis to provide hygienic, fresh, and nutritional food to people who come from all over the state in search of employment.

Another inspiring example is being set by Gurugram-based Janta Meals, a canteen chain for the urban poor. Prabhat Agarwal first felt the need for such nutritious and hygienically prepared affordable meals while running his NGO, Aravali Scholars, in Sikanderpur Basti. When he met Dutch national Jesse van de Zand in 2013, the latter was looking for opportunities to invest in early-stage social enterprises. The duo and Apeksha Porwal, a friend who joined the team, cofounded Janta Meals in 2013.

The Janta Meals’ centralized kitchen is completely mechanized — from washing, peeling, and cutting vegetables to making chapattis. This, along with efficient cooking and large volumes, helps keep the prices low i.e Rs 20-30 per meal. The freshness of the food and affordable pricing has got Janta Meals a phenomenal response – it sells 9000 plates a day! The organization also supplies food to garment factories, NGOs, schools in slums, and construction sites.

Whether it was feeding birds, ants, cows, or human beings, India has always had a rich tradition of sharing food. The gurudwaras, through their free kitchens (langar), have long been providing physical sustenance to the poor. With food security becoming a big issue in the country these days, it is time we went back to our roots, rekindle the spirit of sharing, and addressed the issue of food security through community kitchens.

First, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)  would launch mobile Annapurna meals scheme for the elderly and disabled persons on a pilot basis near Satyam theatre at Ameerpet on Monday.  The mobile meals scheme would be launched by  Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao along with Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav and Mayor Bonthu Rammohan.

The inauguration of the project coincides with the successful completion of the Rs 5 Annapurna Meals Scheme six years ago. The State government, through its flagship program Annapurna meals, provides hot and hygienic food to underprivileged, poor, and downtrodden sections of the society at Rs 5. The menu includes 500 gms of rice, 100 gms of dal and curry, and pickles.

The state of Tamil Nadu has re-imposed a strict 12-day lockdown in four districts- Chennai, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, and Tiruvallur, in order to tackle the rising cases of COVID-19 from June 19 to June 30. In view of this, Amma Unavagam, popularly known as Amma Canteen, stepped up to provide relief to the poor and needy by distributing free food during this period. Amma Canteens are the state-run food outlets in Tamil Nadu that serve food at low prices with an aim to ensure food security. According to an official of the Greater Chennai Corporation, nearly 10 lakh people are expected to get food in over 400 Amma