Maharashtra government is taking every possible decisions to make sure that basic needs of poor and needy people are met. Government is ensuring the protection of all people of the state by taking many good decisions. One such decision is of providing meal at just Rs 5 named as Shivbhojan Thali. This is helping many workers who have lost their work due to lockdown and poor people in the state.
The subsidized ‘Shivbhojan’ meal will continue to be available at Rs 5 for another three months, the Maharashtra government decided on Wednesday. The scheme to provide affordable ‘thali’ (meal) to the poor at Rs 10 was launched by the Shiv Sena-led government in January.
In April, the government announced that it will be available at Rs 5 in view of the distress caused by the corona virus crisis.
The cabinet also gave its nod to a proposal to provide subsidized food grains to Above Poverty Line (APL) Orange ration card-holders for July and August, the release said. It also decided to rename the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship as the Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship.
At present over one lakh thalis or meals are sold every day. Since its launch on January 26, over one crore people have benefited from the scheme, said an official release.
Maharashtra is seeing surge in corona cases, thus it is very important that below poverty line (BPL) people are least exposed to the virus and stop spread of corona virus.
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