Image via WikipediaWealthy Indian Parliamentarians Besides Having The ' Licence To Loot' Have Another Fringe Benefit ~ They get to eat at what is possibly the cheapest eatery in the world.Take a look at the rates at the Parliament House Canteen in New Delhi.
Tea Re. 1 = 0.02 USD'The food prices were last revised in 2004.
Soup Rs.5.50 = 0.12 USD
Dal - one katori Rs.1.50 = 0.03 USD
Veg thali (dal, subzi,4 chapatis, rice/pulao, curd and salad) Rs.12.50 = 0.27 USD
Non-veg thali Rs.22 = 0.48 USD
Curd rice Rs.11 = 0.24 USD
Veg pulao Rs.8 = 0.17 USD
Chicken biryani Rs.34 = 0.75 USD
Fish curry and rice Rs.13 = 0.28 USD
Rajma rice Rs.7 = 0.15 USD
Tomato rice Rs.7 = 0.15 USD
Fish fry Rs.17 = 0.37 USD
Chicken curry Rs.20.50 = 0.45 USD
Chicken masala Rs.24.50 = 0.54 USD
Butter chicken Rs.27 = 0.59 USD
Chapati Re.1 a piece = 0.02 USD
One plate rice Rs.2 = 0.04 USD
Dosa Rs.4 = 0.08 USD
Kheer - one katori Rs.5.50 = 0.12 USD
Fruit cake Rs.9.50 = 0.21 USD
Fruit salad Rs.7 = 0.15 USD
A 15-member joint parliamentary committee on food management headed by then MP K. Yerranaidu of the Telugu Desam Party was constituted in 2005 to consider revision of the rates and the service.
"The committee didn't give any report and the rates were not revised," the official said.
During the just-concluded winter session,( Nov 09 to Dec 13, 2010) on an average "3,000 people were served lunch in the canteen daily", a caterer said, but strongly pleaded anonymity as "we have been told not to speak to the media without permission".'
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