[Stoves] communal canteens

[nari phaltan]

Andrew,

This subsidy is nothing compared to $6 billion/yr.that the US government
gives to farmers to grow corn for producing alcohol. All governments give
subsidies to their citizens. In a malnourished country like India this is
the best use of subsidy. This is far better than the income tax sops (also
subsidy) given to rich.

Cheers.

Anil


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On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Andrew Heggie <aj.heggie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is a uk article about the value of subsidised canteens catering
> for some 300 thousand urban poor in India
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41983359
>
> It's unclear how much subsidy is provided per 5 rupee meal, nor
> whether the comparison with a 40 rupee restaurant meal is realistic.
>
> Both Anil and Nikhil have mentioned  the better economics of communal
> cooking yet in UK I find eating out, even at fast food outlets is much
> more expensive than cooking my own food because even though the energy
> needed per meal cooked will be much lower the cost of premises and
> cooks' labour easily outweighs fuel savings.
>
> Andrew
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