<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">Andrew,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">Cheers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">Anil</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75"> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)<br>Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road<br>P.O.Box 44<br>Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India<br>Ph:+91-9168937964<br><a href="mailto:e-mail%3Anariphaltan@gmail.com" target="_blank">e-mail:nariphaltan@gmail.com</a><br> <a href="mailto:nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org" target="_blank">nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org</a><br><br><a href="http://www.nariphaltan.org" target="_blank">http://www.nariphaltan.org</a><br><br><a href="http://nariphaltan.org/about-2/awards/" target="_blank">http://nariphaltan.org/about-2/awards/</a> Awards for NARI staff<br><a href="http://nariphaltan.org/nari-in-press/" target="_blank">http://nariphaltan.org/nari-in-press/</a> NARI in press<br><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Andrew Heggie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aj.heggie@gmail.com" target="_blank">aj.heggie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Here is a uk article about the value of subsidised canteens catering<br>
for some 300 thousand urban poor in India<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41983359" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/<wbr>world-asia-india-41983359</a><br>
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It's unclear how much subsidy is provided per 5 rupee meal, nor<br>
whether the comparison with a 40 rupee restaurant meal is realistic.<br>
<br>
Both Anil and Nikhil have mentioned the better economics of communal<br>
cooking yet in UK I find eating out, even at fast food outlets is much<br>
more expensive than cooking my own food because even though the energy<br>
needed per meal cooked will be much lower the cost of premises and<br>
cooks' labour easily outweighs fuel savings.<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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