Indiatimes.com:
New Delhi: Saturday, 02 January 2016.
After years
of hue and cry over the heavily subsidised food for MPs at the parliament
canteen, the prices have finally been increased.
The revised
prices which will come into effect from 1st January. Officials said the prices
of all food items have been increased by
50-70%. Now a veg thali which earlier
cost Rs 18 will now be sold for Rs 30 and non-veg thali will cost Rs 60 instead
of Rs 33 earlier.
A
three-course meal will cost Rs 90 instead of Rs 61 earlier and chicken curry,
which earlier cost Rs 29, will be sold for Rs 40. A masala dosa will now cost
Rs 15, up from Rs 5.
The food at
the IRCTC run canteen had ran into controversy after an RTI query revealed that
Rs 60.7 crore was paid to IRCTC in the past five years as subsidy to keep the
food prices low.
The revised
prices are aimed at running the canteen on a 'no-profit, no-loss' basis.
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