The Maharashtra government on January 26 rolled out its Shiv Bhojan scheme, which provides meals for Rs 10, at various places in Maharashtra, including 17 spots in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
In Mumbai, the scheme will run at six civic hospitals, apart from some government establishments.
At the BYL Nair hospital in Mumbai Central, the scheme was rolled out by state cabinet minister for textile, fisheries and port development, Aslam Shaikh. Shaikh said, “Through this scheme, even those left jobless owing to the Centre’s failures will not sleep hungry.”
The Shiv Bhojan scheme is a part of the common minimum program of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
Under the initiative, about 18,000 thalis will be distributed every day through 125 centres across the state. The scheme is being implemented on a pilot basis for the next three months, after which it will be reviewed.
The scheme is Maharashtra’s version of Tamil Nadu’s Amma canteens, which provide food to the needy at heavily subsidised rates.
Read more of this in a report by Iram Siddique published in The Indian Express.. (Link given below)
