New Delhi: South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has removed the condition of producing an acceptance letter from the council board to file a license under ‘Atal Aahar Yojana’, which aims to provide subsidized food to the poor, he said on Sunday.
The proposal in this relationship was approved by the Permanent SDMC committee on Friday.
Under the scheme, almost 40 food kiosks that have a default kitchen will be arranged to provide food at “very cheap prices”.
People will get Thali (food plate) with subsidized rates RS 15.
Chairman of the Fixed Committee B K Oberoi said this scheme was first implemented on the basis of the pilot in 2018-19 but was detained because Covid.
He said the corporation wants to restart the scheme with certain modifications such as allowing anyone to file a license unlike before when only city workers can do it.
“Applicants will no longer have to get approval from the local council to get a license under the scheme.
We have been on Friday deleting this condition,” Oberoi said.
“Breakfast and lunch will be served at the price decided by the municipality.
Tentative rates for breakfast and lunch tend to Rs 10 and Rs 15,” Oberoi said.
He said the breakfast menu would consist of puri-sabji and padanga stuffed while for lunch there would be chapattis, rice, lentils, vegetables, and curds.