A restaurant in Kerala has virtually given its customers the option to pay as they wish. You can have your meal here but you will neither get a bill nor see a cashier. Instead, you can drop any amount of money in a 바카라contribution box바카라. It works to the motto: 바카라Eat as much as you want, give as much as you can바카라.
Are you wondering how will it work?
It has been almost a month since this Janakeeya Bhakshana Shala (People바카라s Restaurant) opened on the Alappuzha- Cherthala national highway in the coastal district of Alappuzha. The idea came from none other than the state바카라s finance minister T.M Thomas Issac. He told Outlook that he has no doubt that it will become a successful model.
바카라On the first day, the contribution box had got a Rs 10,000 cheque,바카라 he said.
바카라The idea is part of a larger vision to make Kerala hunger free,바카라 said Issac, who is known for his 바카라People바카라s Plan Campaign바카라 in the 바카라90s, where the state government took a bold decision to pass on 35% of the state development budget to local governments so as to enable local people to determine and implement their own development priorities.
Issac got the idea for a people바카라s restaurant from a palliative care unit in his district which delivers free food to bed-ridden patients. 바카라Then the question came, what about those destitute and those who have no access to food?바카라 says Issac. That바카라s when they decided to open the people바카라s restaurant.
Finance Minister Thomas Issac (Left) having a meal at the people's restaurant
The people바카라s restaurant currently delivers free food to 400 bed-ridden patients. A palliative care unit has taken the responsibility to deliver the food to their homes. Issac said the restaurant has collected Rs 22 lakh from just one small locality for its expenses. 바카라People also make contributions for a number of meals on special occasions such as their birth day, marriage anniversary and so on,바카라 he said.
When asked, Issac said it is different from a 바카라community kitchen.바카라 A community kitchen could be only meant for the poor and the general public may not be going there. But, People바카라s Restaurant works just like a restaurant,바카라 he said.
It is also different from the Amma Canteen, a flagship propgramme by former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa. Amma Canteen is now hanging in balance as the states have started reporting huge losses due to the scheme.
Issac said People바카라s Restaurant is a people바카라s initiative and the government will only be a supportive factor. He said as finance minister he has a budget allocation for hunger-free Kerala by which he can support any similar initiative by any group in the state.
The People바카라s Restaurant in Alappuzha also has a waste management plant and a water treatment plant on its premises. A 2.5-acre organic farm has also been set up adjacent to the restaurant.
So, those who wonder how it will survive, Issac has a simple example: 바카라There are people who just come to have black tea and contribute Rs1,000.바카라
