Embarrassed Members of Parliament feel canteen subsidy can be stopped

The subject of canteen subsidy for Members of Parliament who have assets worth crores of rupees had come up for severe criticism from all quarters. The revelation was a result of an RTI and, embarrassed MPs feel that the subsidy can be done away with.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 5 July 2015.

Incidentally, in the 16th Lok Sabha (current one), in the 543 member-house, 449 members have assets worth Rs 1 crore or more. This is up from 315 in 2009 while in 2004, there were just 156 ‘crorepati’ MPs. An indication of how our Members of Parliament have prospered within the last 10-years, irrespective of their party affiliations.
The MPs had been gorging on cheap food at the Parliament House canteen and many of them now feel that the incident had given them a bad publicity.
The RTI query had recently brought to light the fact that the government faced a loss of around Rs. 14 crore (over $2 million) in 2013-14 because of subsidy at the more than half-a-dozen canteens in the parliament complex.
As things stand, an MP can sit down for a three-course lunch at the parliament canteen for just Rs 38 which in unthinkable in any eatery outside.
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A shocker from J & K – 14 police stations and 48 police posts do not have any toilet!!

#swatchhbharat #policestations #RTI #toilets #drinkingwater Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be shocked to know that it has been revealed by an RTI activist that more than a dozen of police stations and police posts across the state of Jammu and Kashmir do not have any basic amenities like toilet and drinking water. This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 15 February 2015.
The Information has been made available by the Public Information Officer cum AIG Welfare of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Headquarters and it was in response to the application under RTI act and the information is that 48 police posts and 14 police stations in the state do not have any toilet facility.
Moreover, 49 Posts and 23 Police Stations do not have any drinking water facility.
The pet project of Prime Minister Modi is a Swachh Bharat or a Clean India and instructions have been issued to ensure that open toilets are gradually removed and replaced with regular toilet facilities. Awareness is being spread via TV ads and corporate houses are being roped in to take up the cause of schools – especially those meant for girls. This is important because there are reports that girls drop out of schools because there are no proper toilet facilities.
However, the pathetic state of J & K with its police stations minus toilets and drinking water facilities is something that must be addressed on immediate priority.