GHMC Launches Rs.

5 Meal Scheme and

Re.1 Breakfast Scheme
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) today launched a pilot center
of a scheme which would provide subsidized hot and hygienic meals to the poor for Rs 5
at Nampally Sarai here. GHMC, which plans to feed 15,000 people a day, will set up 50
such centres, each equipped to serve 300 persons. The actual cost of the meal would be
Rs 20. GHMC will bear the balance cost. To start with, GHMC has partnered with
Akshaya Patra Foundation, run by Hare Krishna Movement, which will prepare the
food.

Vegetarian Meal:
The vegetarian meal of rice, dal/sambar, sabji and pickle shall be served on first-come-
first-serve basis in paper plates during 12 noon to 1 pm. The civic body has earmarked
Rs 11 crore for this in its 2014-15 budget.

GHMC commissioner Somesh Kumar said that intended beneficiaries were the migrant
workers who cannot pay Rs 40-50 that a meal costs in hotels.

I have seen many poor people at labour addas. I come from such a social background
and worked with NGOs and I felt this is an opportune time, the commissioner said when
asked about the inspiration for the scheme.

Collaboration with Akshaya Patra Foundation:

As the trial run started at Nampally Sarai in collaboration with Akshaya Patra
Foundation, whether it will be a single implementing agency which will prepare the food
or multiple agencies will be decided in future. Other pilot centres will come up at Koti,
Chintalbasthi and Mehdipatnam, Kumar said, adding, we will study and try to
understand the issues that crop up, before feeding 15,000 people.

GHMC launches Re.1 Breakfast:

As Rs.5 per meal project was intended to help the lower and under privileged sections of
the society thus it was a huge success and people accolade the government for launching
these kinds of schemes for the welfare of the people.

After tasting success with the concept of Rs.5 meal scheme in the city, the Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has now planned to stir a new recipe to
offer breakfast at Re.1. For poor
Conceived by the Mayor, Mohammed Majid Hussain, the Re.1 breakfast concept is being
planned to come up with a choice of idli, upma, poori or dosa at centres close to slums,
labour addas, near hospitals, weaker section colonies and other such places where the
poorer sections could be catered.

The idea takes off from the success of the Rs.5 meal, which starting as pilot project with
one centre at Nampally Sarai has been spread to other centres, including Gudimalkapur,
Mehdipatnam, Moosapet, Charminar, Secunderabad Clock Tower and L.B. Nagar. A
total of 50 such meals points have been planned by the GHMC. In its budget, the civic
body has earmarked Rs.11 crore for the Rs.5 meal scheme under which 450 gm rice, 100
gm dal, 150 gm curry and a spoon of pickle is served. Prepared at the centralized kitchen
of the Hare Krishna Movement at Patancheru, each meal costs Rs.20 and the civic body
provides a subsidy of Rs.15.
For the new proposal, the cost of each breakfast is expected to be Rs.5 with the civic
body having to support with a subsidy of Rs.4. The GHMC officials said that issues
related to new project would be considered and details worked out once a decision was
taken at appropriate levels. From the experience of Rs.5 meal, it will not be a big issue
to work upon Re.1 breakfast concept, said an official.

Scheme in Early Stage:

Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain said the scheme was in early explorative stage and
the idea was being pursued. However, we will get on with only after all the proposed 50
centres offering Rs.5 meal are in place, he added.

Contributions:
The municipal corporation also made a provision wherein interested persons can donate
to the scheme on occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and so on. They can either
contribute for part of the meal on a given day at a given centre or sponsor the whole
meal, he said.
Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa, president, Hare Krishna Movement, said the Hyderabad
chapter was already providing mid-day meals under Akshaya Patra scheme to around 1
lakh children and under Bhojana Mitra, free lunch was provided at some hospitals.

Fifty centres to offer subsidised lunch to 300 persons each between 12 noon and 1 p.m.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday launched a pilot project
offering hot and hygienic meals for the poor at Rs. 5 at Nampally Sarai close to the railway
station.

Earmarked budget
A total of 50 such centres offering subsidised meals between 12 noon and 1 p.m. for 300 persons
at each location were being set up in different parts of the city, Mayor Mohd. Majid Hussain said
after formally inaugurating the project. For the scheme, the civic body has earmarked a budget of
Rs. 11 crore for the year 2014-15 and additional budget would be provided if required, he said.

GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar said the scheme taken up with Hare Krishna Movement-
Hyderabad, offering 450 gm rice, 100 gm dal, 150 gm curry and a spoon of pickle. Locations
were being identified for setting up the rest of the meal centres at labour addas and other such
pockets.

Hyderabad has a global position as a major Information Technology centre and for other aspects
and some citizens going without food here is not acceptable. The new scheme seeks to serve
these sections with hot and hygienic meal at Rs. 5, Mr. Somesh Kumar said. The cost of each
meal prepared at the centralised kitchen of the Hare Krishna Movement at Patancheru worked
out to Rs. 20 and the GHMC was providing a subsidy of Rs.15.

Contributions

The municipal corporation also made a provision wherein interested persons can donate to the
scheme on occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and so on. They can either contribute for
part of the meal on a given day at a given centre or sponsor the whole meal, he said.

Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa, president, Hare Krishna Movement, said the Hyderabad chapter
was already providing mid-day meals under Akshaya Patra scheme to around 1 lakh children
and under Bhojana Mitra, free lunch was provided at some hospitals.

The GHMC floor leaders of Telugu Desam Party and Congress, Singireddy Srinivas Reddy and
Diddi Ram Babu respectively and corporators participated in the programme.

reater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor, Mr Mohammed Majid Hussain,

today said that all the 50 centres offering Rs. 5 food scheme will start functioning from
July one in the city.

The Mayor directed the officials to identify more centres on main locations where the poor
people frequently gather viz near Railway Stations, Bus Depots and Labour Adda, so that
the scheme can be started in all the 50 centres as decided earlier.

The Mayor and Commissioner Somesh KumarCommissioner,along with senior officials of

the GHMC visited and participated at the food scheme at Nampally today and had lunch
with the poor people and interacted with them and assured them that best possible services
will be given to the needy in all the 50 centres.

Later, talking to reporters, the Mayor said the scheme is very close to his heart and he was
completely satisfied with the innovative scheme feeding poor and needy for Rs. 5 and
stated that most of the poor people who were participating in the food scheme praised the
GHMC for taking up such innovative scheme and requested him to set up more centres.

He said that the GHMC's budge was around Rs. 4,599 crores out of which only Rs. 11
crores will be spent on the scheme where more than 15,000 people will get the benefit of
subsidised food on all the 365 days.

To a question, the Mayor said that after launching all the 50 centres, breakfast scheme for
Re.1 will be taken up

in the coming months.

The team of officials are planning to offer 2 to 3 different items viz Idly, vada and Upma,
he said.

Mr Somesh Kumar, said presently 8 centres were running and remaining 42 will be started
by July one positively.

The Commissioner said that most of the food scheme Centres don't have proper sheds and
basic infrastructure and keeping in view the rainy season, the GHMC is planning to
improve the food scheme centres in a more appropriate way for the convenience of the
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