Firstpost:
New Delhi: Wednesday, 24 June 2015.
Parliament
canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore
during the last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88
percent subsidised rates, an RTI reply shows.
The item list
received under the Right to Information Act reveals that Parliamentarians,
earning over Rs 1.4 lakh with perks, are relishing items like 'fish fried with
chips' at Rs 25, mutton cutlet at Rs 18, oiled vegetables at Rs 5, mutton curry with bone at Rs 20 and masala dosa at Rs
6 with rates subsidised by 63 percent, 65 percent, 83 percent, 67 percent and
75 percent respectively.
The cost for
procuring raw items of dish like stew vegetables comes to about Rs 41.25 while
the MPs are getting it for Rs 4 which is a subsidy of about 90 percent.
For the
non-veg meal raw items are procured at Rs 99.05 while the prepared dish is
served at Rs 33 to MPs with 66 percent subsidy, the reply provided to RTI
activist Subhash Agrawal shows, adding that the present rates of dishes have
not been revised from 20 December, 2010.
'Papad' costs
Rs 1.98 but sold at Rs 1 in these canteens with a subsidy of almost 50 percent.
The RTI
response shows that the canteens in Parliament serve 76 mouth watering dishes
ranging from simple boiled egg to various mutton and chicken dishes which have
been subsidised from over 150 per cent to about 63 percent.
The only item
which is sold for a marginal profit is 'roti' for which raw items cost 77 paisa
while sold at Rs one, it said while 'khomani ka meetha' being served at market
price of Rs 15 for piece of three, it says.
The canteens
which are being run by Norther Railway procure raw items from Government run
agencies like Kendriya Bhandar, Mother Dairy and DMS etc.
The reply
shows that canteens received a subsidy of Rs 10.4 crore, 11.7 crore, 11.9
crore, 12.5 crore and 14 crore during the years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13,
2013-14 respectively which totals to around Rs 60.7 crore.
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