Subsidy बहुत सीधी साधारण सी बात पूछी जा रही है नेता जी से कि आपने कहा कि सक्षम लोग सब्सिडी न लें तो लाखों लोगों ने इसे नही लिया पर जो लोग सक्षम हैं उन्हें आरक्षण न लेने के लिए भी तो बोलना चाहिए … पर नही शायद नेता लोग अपना वोट बैंक बनाए रखने के लिए यह बात कभी नही बोलेंगें …
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Mutton cutlet for Rs 18 and Dosa for Rs 6: Government faces heat over subsidy on Parliament canteen food
At a time when the Narendra Modi government is taking steps to cut subsidies, there is a shocking response to an RTI query. It has been revealed that many of the food items served in Parliament canteen are sold at just one-tenth of the cost of raw-materials used in preparing them.
For instance, the cost for procuring raw items for a dish like vegetable stew comes to about Rs 41 while the MPs are getting it for just Rs 4, which is a subsidy of about 90%.
The canteens in Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60 crore during last five years, revealed the RTI plea.
Talking about the issue, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that he would discuss the issue and make attempts to reach a solution.
“I don’t deny it as a Minister. There’s the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, and everyone should be attentive about this,” he added.
Parrying queries over whether his government would discontinue with the subsidy, he said it has been going on for long and was not something decided by the BJP government.
The RTI activist, whose plea made the revelation, slammed the government over the issue, saying, “They tell others to give up on subsidies, but Parliament canteen gets heavy subsidy. The government should end this.”
In his RTI plea, the petitioner had sought answers to questions like “Has the Union government had taken cognizance of adverse media reports and public relations on providing food-items in canteens of Parliament at highly subsidised prices?”
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party leader Alka Lamba said it was shocking that such subsidy was given in Parliament canteen, pointing that the food was already cheap for the members.
Congress, meanwhile, backed a re-look at the huge subsidy being given to the canteens, saying a “course correction” is needed on the matter. Party spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said, “If you look at the scale of subsidy being provided, I think there needs to be some course correction.” He, however, noted that subsidised canteens function in different ministries. See more…
