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{{Infobox company
| name = Āahāar Yojanā
| native_name = '''"ଆହାର ଯୋଜନା"'''
| logo = ଆହାର ଯୋଜନା.jpg
| type = [[Government of Odisha|Government-Restaurant]]
| founder = [[Government of Odisha]]
| area_served = [[Odisha]]
| key_people = [[Naveen Patnaik]]
| genre =
| products = Food
| services =
| revenue = Non - Profit Organization
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| owner = [[Government of Odisha|Ministry of Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation]], [[Government of Odisha]]
| num_employees =
| parent =
| subsid =
| homepage = http://164.100.141.236/AAHAAR/
| footnotes =
| foundation = 2015
| location_city = [[Bhubaneswar]]
| location_country =
| dissolved =
| Review =
}}
[[File:Ahara transporting vehicle.jpg|thumb|Ahara transporting vehicle]]
'''Āhār Yojanā''' (meaning "food" in [[Odia language|Odia]]) is a food [[subsidy|subsidisation program]] run by the [[Government of Odisha|Ministry of Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation]], [[Government of Odisha]] to provide cheap lunch to the urban poor at a price of five rupees inspired from the [[Amma Unavagam]] of [[Tamilnadu]]. It was inaugurated on April 1, 2015 by the Chief Minister of Odisha [[Navin Patnaik]] on [[Utkal Divas]]. The program provides meals in five major cities of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Low-cost meal 'Aahar' provided by Odisha government will start from April|date = 17 March 2015|url = http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-low-cost-meal-aahar-provided-by-odisha-government-will-start-from-april-2069682|accessdate = 24 April 2015}}</ref> The actual cost of the food is around {{INR}} 20 but is subsidised to {{INR}} 5 with financial assistance from the [[Odisha Mining Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Low-cost Aahar in Odisha from April 1 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lowcost-aahar-in-odisha-from-april-1/article7004929.ece |date=18 March 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Cuttack |accessdate=Jul 27, 2015}}</ref> It is targeted at more than 60,000 people per day.

== Purpose ==
The program is funded by the [[Government of Odisha]]. The objective is to provide cheap cooked meals to impecunious and needy people. The government launched it as a pilot project in 5 municipal corporations: [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Sambalpur]], [[Berhampur]], [[Rourkela]] and [[Cuttack]] and 21 Āhār centers. Currently 100 Āhār centers are active in 30 districts covering 73 towns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urbanodisha.gov.in/Aahar.aspx|title = HUDD-Government of Odisha}}</ref> Āhār centers are mainly found in places like hospitals, bus stands or railway stations to serve cooked day meals at just {{INR}} 5. The hygiene of the food is checked by different municipal hospitals.<ref>https://www.rajyayojana.in/category/odisha-state-government-yojana/ |date=September 2019 |website-rajyayojana.in}</ref> Recently the government added night meals in 54 Āhār centers near hospitals to provide needy visitors with cheap and hygienic night meals.
[[File:Aahar kendra in Sector-19, Rourkela.jpg|alt=Aahar kendra in Sector-19, Rourkela|thumb|Aahar kendra in Sector-19, Rourkela]]

== Menu and prices ==
Food provided under this program is bhāta (boiled rice) and [[Dalma (dish)|dālmā]] at {{INR}} 5. The Āhār centres provide food at the designated places at 11 am to 3 pm every day. The night meals are served from 7:00-9:00pm.

== Āhār centres ==

# [[Cuttack]] : Badambadi Bus stand, Sishu Bhawan, SCB Medical <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lowcost-aahar-in-odisha-from-april-1/article7004929.ece|title = Low-cost Aahar in Odisha from April 1|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 18 March 2015}}</ref>
# [[Bhubaneswar]] : Master Canteen, Baramunda, BMC office.
# [[Berhampur]] : New Bus stand, Old Bus stand, MKCG Medical college and Railway station.
# [[Sambalpur]] :
# [[Rourkela]] : RGH, Sector - 2, Sector - 19, Vedvyas and City Bus Stand
#[[Barbil]] : Even the Barbil new bus stand has this facility.
# [[Bargarh]]: In front of Women's college, Near Govt. Bus Stand
# [[Talcher]]
# [[Angul]]
# [[Kamakshyanagar]]
#balasore HQ hospital
And # subdivision hospital nilagiri
There are in total 100 Āhār centres covering all the districts of [[Odisha]].

== See also ==
* [[Amma Unavagam]], a similar program in [[Tamil Nadu]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Government Schemes in India}}

[[Category:Government schemes in Odisha]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Odisha]]

Ahar Yojana - Revision history

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