Govt. of Odisha bears
Rs. 52 crores towards providing subsidized
rice for ten thousand students of KISS in every Year
Sri Simant Patra, RTI Activist of Jajpur district had filed
RTI Application dt. 4.3.25 to the PIO, Department of SC, ST and Minorities welfare , Govt. of Odisha seeking
information about details of subsidized rice supplied to different NGOs running tribal hostel in Khorda district.
On 4.4.25,
the PIO has supplied the
detailed information which is
mentioned below.
1. Govt. of
Odisha supplied 15 kg
of rice per head
per month @ subsidized
price Rs. 10.05 per kg.
2. There are four
number of NGOs getting
subsidized rice in Khorda
district.
3. Kalinga institute
of Social science ( KISS) is
provided 1500 quintal rice per month for 10,000 children.
4. Nehure Seva
Sangh, Banapur is supplied 22.5 quintal of rice per month for 150 students.
5. Ramakrstan Mission is
supplied 9 quintal rice for 60
children.
6. Viswajeevan Seva Sangha is supplied 30 quintals rice for 200 children.
KISS is
the biggest beneficiary
of Govt. schemes and programme. Huge
amount of resources in terms
of building infrastructure, land and subsidized
rice, food, stipend is
contributed by both state and Central Govt. for KISS institution.
It needs to
mention here that Govt. procures rice @ 36.19 per KG from open market and
supply the same @Rs. 10.05 per kg.
Pradip Pradhan
Date- 8.4.25
M-9937843482
