[Stoves] communal canteens

Andrew Heggie aj.heggie at gmail.com
Mon Nov 20 08:41:31 CST 2017


On 20 November 2017 at 14:27, nari phaltan <nariphaltan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.


Anil I was not criticising the idea of subsidies for these canteens,
more wondering what the subsidy per meal may be.

Overall I was wondering about the efficiency of cooking meals
communally compared with a biomass stove in the home as it has been
mentioned before that it makes more sense.

Andrew




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