Parliament Canteens

A day after he was criticised by the ruling CPI(M) for having lunch with PM Modi, UDF MP NK Premachandran on Sunday received support from the Congress leadership in Kerala who made it clear that there was nothing wrong in accepting the invitation.

He came. He ate with them. And, reports suggest, he won them over.

From jowar vegetable upma to ragi dosa, bajre ki tikki to bajra khichdi, these food items made of millets will now be part of the menu of Parliament House canteens.

After years of hiccups in efforts to end the subsidy at the parliament canteen which offered dishes like Hyderabad Mutton Biryani at Rs 65 and boiled vegetables at Rs 12, those entrusted with the unappetising task have prevailed.

Food served in Parliament canteens for MPs and others will become more expensive as a subsidy given for it has been stopped, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today.

The Northern Railways will hand over the reins of the Parliament canteen to India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) on November 15, bringing an end to its 52-year-old legacy of serving food to parliamentarians.

Members of Parliament (MPs) will be given packed food in the canteen during the Monsoon session. This is among the several measures that are being taken in this session in the wake of the coronavirus.

Lawmakers have unanimously agreed to give up the decades-old subsidy on food sold at the parliament canteen, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy announced on Thursday. The decision, however, seemed exactly similar to one announced in 2016.

Northern Railway has demanded Rs 16.43 crore from the Lok Sabha secretariat for running four canteens in Parliament -- where food prices are significantly low -- during 2017-18, an RTI query has revealed.

A fortnight of parliament has been washed out and the government seems unmoved. The sale of coffee, tea and buttered toast in the canteen and in Central Hall has been brisk, but MPs have had to twiddle their thumbs every day, as both Houses have been adjourned. The "North Korean channels" may be blaming the opposition, but it is actually a clever g...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah called it the "prettiest swipe machine in all the land," in a tongue in cheek assessment of the floral arrangements that surrounded Parliament's first ever point of sale machine, which was installed in the canteen today and was inaugurated by Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Parliamentary A...

The government's cashless campaign was today introduced in Parliament where cashless money payment facilities were launched in all canteens and other eating facilities by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

The prices of eatables in Parliament canteen may again go up, as revision of rates of food items and subsidy given to catering units are again on the table of a House panel.

Tea/coffee vending machine will also be placed so that there is little burden on the manpower.

The Parliament canteen will no longer sell food at subsidised prices, ending a decades-old provision that has often drawn criticism.

A day after he was criticised by the ruling CPI(M) for having lunch with PM Modi, UDF MP NK Premachandran on Sunday received support from the Congress leadership in Kerala who made it clear that there was nothing wrong in accepting the invitation.

He came. He ate with them. And, reports suggest, he won them over.

From jowar vegetable upma to ragi dosa, bajre ki tikki to bajra khichdi, these food items made of millets will now be part of the menu of Parliament House canteens.

After years of hiccups in efforts to end the subsidy at the parliament canteen which offered dishes like Hyderabad Mutton Biryani at Rs 65 and boiled vegetables at Rs 12, those entrusted with the unappetising task have prevailed.

Food served in Parliament canteens for MPs and others will become more expensive as a subsidy given for it has been stopped, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today.

The Northern Railways will hand over the reins of the Parliament canteen to India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) on November 15, bringing an end to its 52-year-old legacy of serving food to parliamentarians.

Members of Parliament (MPs) will be given packed food in the canteen during the Monsoon session. This is among the several measures that are being taken in this session in the wake of the coronavirus.

Lawmakers have unanimously agreed to give up the decades-old subsidy on food sold at the parliament canteen, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy announced on Thursday. The decision, however, seemed exactly similar to one announced in 2016.

Northern Railway has demanded Rs 16.43 crore from the Lok Sabha secretariat for running four canteens in Parliament -- where food prices are significantly low -- during 2017-18, an RTI query has revealed.

A fortnight of parliament has been washed out and the government seems unmoved. The sale of coffee, tea and buttered toast in the canteen and in Central Hall has been brisk, but MPs have had to twiddle their thumbs every day, as both Houses have been adjourned. The "North Korean channels" may be blaming the opposition, but it is actually a clever g...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah called it the "prettiest swipe machine in all the land," in a tongue in cheek assessment of the floral arrangements that surrounded Parliament's first ever point of sale machine, which was installed in the canteen today and was inaugurated by Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Parliamentary A...

The government's cashless campaign was today introduced in Parliament where cashless money payment facilities were launched in all canteens and other eating facilities by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

The prices of eatables in Parliament canteen may again go up, as revision of rates of food items and subsidy given to catering units are again on the table of a House panel.

Tea/coffee vending machine will also be placed so that there is little burden on the manpower.

The Parliament canteen will no longer sell food at subsidised prices, ending a decades-old provision that has often drawn criticism.