Kerala State Government has started a hunger-free city project for the poor people in association with the Social Justice Department, Kerala. The aim of the hunger-free city project is to provide highly subsidized food to the people at different centers in the city, one day started by the Government of Kerala. This project ensures that no person in the city remains single day without food. The project initially started in Kozhikode city and the government spent more than Rs. 65 lakhs for setting up a modern kitchen. The modern kitchen has a seating area of 350 persons at one time.
There is a proposal to provide rice-based meals at lunch and patients get food for free. In this project, the government has targeted to provide free food to poor, old, women, children and cancer patients. Food prepared by the prisoners will be taken to the hospital with the help of NGOs, NSS volunteers, and student police cadets and distributed by health officials. Kerala is known as its own country and the Kerala Government has started various schemes for the welfare of the people. Hunger free city project is also a major initiative for the people of the state.
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Highlights of the scheme
- The scheme has been named as the Hunger Free City Scheme
- This would involve selling of healthy and organic food to keep the people of Kerala fed and healthy
- This is a voluntary scheme
Benefits of Hunger Free City Project in Kerala
- People get a lot of subsidized food in one day
- Benefits of free food to the poor, the elderly, the women, the children and the cancer patients.
- Patients get their food for free.
- Rice based meals with curry of curry during lunch.
Features of Hunger-Free Cities Project in Kerala
- The State Government of Kerala has started a hunger-free city project for poor people in collaboration with the Social Justice Department, Kerala.
- The aim of the hunger free city project is to provide highly subsidized food to the people at different centers in the city one day, which has been started by the Government of Kerala.
- The project was initially started in Kozhikode city and the government had spent more than 65 lakhs to set up a modern kitchen.
- A modern kitchen house was renovated at Kozhikode, a medical college kitchen, and a restaurant with a seating capacity of 350 persons.
- Rice based meals with curry of curry during lunch.
- There is a large subsidy for the public in the provision of such food. Under this program, it is proposed to collect funds through public contribution / donation etc. to meet recurring costs.
Implementation of the Hunger Free City Scheme
This is a massive subsidy that involves in the provision of meals in public. It was proposed to move in the strategic line of funds being provided through public contributions as well as donations, to make a recurring cost under the program.
The scheme that was thought of by the government would be proposed under the government planned funds as well as donations and contributions that would be received from voluntary agencies and philanthropists within society.
Conclusion of the scheme
Kerala is has been named for its welfare schemes that it has taken for the people of the state, the state has actually initiated many social and welfare beneficial schemes for the poor people living within their state. The welfare state pre-supposes careful and objective based implementations of welfare services for the weaker section of women, children, physically and mentally challenged etc.
Contact details
Executive Director, Kerala Social Security Mission, Pujapura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695012
Phone: 0471-2341200, 2346016 (Fax)
Reference and Details
For more information about hunger free city in Kerala tour
Http://www.socialsecuritymission.gov.in/index.php/hunger-free-city