Bhubaneswar

OMC gives Rs 20 cr for Aahaar

PNS

The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) on Monday contributed Rs 20 crore to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) towards the Aahaar scheme of the State Government, which is an initiative for subsidised meal to the poor and needy in the urban areas.

The scheme had been launched on April 1, 2015 on the auspicious day of Utkal Divas by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to provide cooked hot meals -- steamed rice and dalma to the poor and needy people at Rs 5.