Airports Authority of India under the ambit of CSR, in collaboration with Govt. Of Jharkhand & Akshya Patra Foundation (NGO) has taken initiative for setting up Central Kitchen at Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. The central kitchen will have a capacity of 1 Lac Mid day meal everyday & related infrastructure for its distribution. AAI is providing a grant of Rs.20 Crore as CAPEX under its CSR Scheme. This will improve the nutritional status of children and will encourage them to attend school regularly. This will be a small step in a direction of SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN & National Programme Of Nutritional Support to Primary Education.
For setting up of the central kitchen, AAI signed MoU with Govt. Of Jharkhand and M/s Akshya Patra Foundation on 13th Dec 2017 in presence of Hon’bl Minister Of State for Civil Aviation Shri Jayant Sinha, Regional Executive Director(ER), AAI, Shri K L Sharma , Shri R S Shukla, IAS DC Hazaribagh, Sh. Anil Vikram, Airport Director(Ranchi ), AAI and Shri Vyom Pada Das, President, Akshya Patra Foundation.
As per the MoU, AAI shall provide the funds for setting up the project that include the Construction of kitchen, procurement of kitchen equipments, electrical systems, distribution vessels, Vehicles ,computer systems and a mini laboratory for food testing. The centralized kitchen will have the capacity of cooking through highly mechanized operations that require minimal human interventions. This will ensure variety of menu with hygiene and quality as well as timely delivery of food.