Rajasthan to launch Indira Rasoi Yojana for poor

JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday announced the launch of Indira Rasoi Yojana (Indira Kitchen Scheme) to fulfill its promise of ‘no one sleeps hungry’ in the state. Under this scheme, the needy will be provided nutritious food twice a day on concessional rates.
He said the government would spend Rs 100 crore in a year for the scheme. Local NGOs will also be lined up to run this scheme and effective monitoring will be done with the help of information technology.
Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje said the new scheme is nothing but her government’s scheme in a new name. “The Congress government, which specialises in renaming our schemes, has changed the name of 'Annapurna Rasoi' to 'Indira Rasoi Yojana'.
But she said, “It is better late than never. Though name changed, our Annapurna Rasoi Yojana had to be relaunched on the demand of the people. “Not just name change, but change yourself ,” she advised, “other wise people will change everything.”
Gehlot was inaugurating a 10-day Covid-19 awareness campaign through video conference from his official residence on Monday. He released five different types of posters, audio jingles and video films and also flagged-off five mobile vans loaded with publicity materials and equipment by the National Health Mission and UNFPA.
People from all over the state attended the virtual launching function at 11,500 different locations and listened to the chief minister. District in-charge ministers, MPs, MLAs and other public representatives, in-charge secretaries, district collectors, other district-level officers from also participated in this event. The programme was broadcast live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and on other digital platforms as well.
The CM said the corona pandemic was not yet over and therefore self-discipline and self-control was most required for all citizens to be safe and healthy.
He said health protocols of maintaining two-yard distance, wearing mask, washing hands at regular intervals and not spitting at public places needed to be followed as the life mantras.
The chief minister said when the national level average of conducting corona tests per 10 lakh population is 4,887, Rajasthan’s average is 8,339. Similarly, compared to the national average of 3.28% fatality rate, the state’s percentage was 2.32%.
Recovery rate in the state is 78% compared to the national average recovery of 58%. This shows that the corona warriors in Rajasthan, including doctors and nursing fraternity, have worked with dedication and passion to control the epidemic, the CM added. Medical and health Minister Raghu Sharma and senior officials were also present during the inauguration.