Image Source : PTI MPs in Parliament to be served meals cooked by cooks of a 5-star resort in Delhi.
Taking over the reins of the parliament canteen and ending the 52-year legacy of Northern Railways, the ITDC will serve meals cooked by knowledgeable cooks of the five-star Ashok Hotel to the MPs and others from the upcoming Budget Session.
Veg meals menu, value in Parliament
The vegetarian platter one enjoys in Ashok Hotel can be manifold cheaper within the Parliament canteen. The price can be Rs 100 for “kadai paneer, mix veg dry, bhaji, dal sultani, peas pulao, chapati, green salad, cucumber mint raita, papad and kala jamun.”
The mini thali will price Rs 50 which carries “mix veg dry, bhaji, dal sultani, jeera pulao, chapati, green salad, cucumber mint raita and papad.” The new menu can be from right this moment (Wednesday).
There is one other menu named ‘A la carte’ in which there’s a listing of 13 objects comprising six sorts of snacks for morning and night, and 7 sorts of meals with a veg thali and a mini thali.
The snacks embody upma with chutney (for morning) for Rs 25, paneer pakoda (for night) for Rs 50, veg pakora (for night) Rs 50, kachori at Rs 15, samosa for Rs 10 and tea for Rs 5. Other objects embody poori bhaji (for lunch) costing Rs 50, kadai paneer priced at Rs 60, chapati Rs 3, khichdi Rs 50 and inexperienced salad.
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The Northern Railways handed over the accountability for the canteen to the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) on November 15. The ITDC is the federal government’s tourism arm which runs the luxurious five-star Ashok Group of motels.
It ended the 52-year monopoly of serving meals to the Parliamentarians by Northern Railways which had been operating the canteen since 1968.
The operations of the catering items in Parliament House Estate (Parliament House, Parliament House Annexe and Parliament Library Building and out of doors PHE offering providers to dignitaries has been taken over by the ITDC since November 15 final 12 months.
Food cooked by specialists chef of Ashoka Hotel to be served in Parliament
This would be the first session of Parliament when ITDC will serve meals cooked by its knowledgeable cooks within the Ashok Hotel.
The Budget Session will begin with the President’s Address on January 29 whereas the Union Budget can be introduced on February 1. The session will conclude on April 8 with a recess in between from February 15 to March 8. The Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the Lok Sabha from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Zero Hour and Question Hour can even be there.
The course of to discover a new vendor started in 2019 and in July final 12 months, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel and officers of the ITDC to debate the problem.
Officials at ITDC stated they’ve been instructed to maintain particular concentrate on the standard of meals which ought to swimsuit each the widespread individuals in addition to the dignitaries.
At current, the canteen serves round 5,000 individuals throughout each session. It has a complete of 48 meals objects on its menu for lunch and night snacks.
While issues associated to the catering preparations within the Parliament House Complex are usually determined by a joint committee on meals administration, within the seventeenth Lok Sabha, nevertheless, the meals committee has not been constituted.
The closing determination was taken by Speaker Birla, who has taken private curiosity in guaranteeing that higher high quality meals is served within the canteen. All the subsidies within the Parliament canteen have been ended from this session, saving roughly Rs 17 crore to Parliament.
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