Bharatiya Janata Party · Delhi Legislative Assembly Election 2025
Last updated 5 Jun 2026
“We will establish Atal Canteens in JJ clusters to provide nutritious meals at ₹5.”
Launched on 25 December 2025 (Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 101st birth anniversary) with 45 canteens; 71 were operational by 19 February 2026 against a target of 100. Each serves a ₹5 thali twice daily (the government bears roughly ₹25/plate) to JJ-cluster residents, daily-wage workers and the urban poor, replacing the earlier Jan Aahar scheme; ₹104.24 crore allocated. Over 33,000 meals were served in the first two days. The promise — establishing ₹5 canteens in JJ clusters — is delivered and still scaling; long-term subsidy sustainability is the open question.
LG and CM inaugurate 25 more canteens, taking the operational total to 71 of a planned 100.
View sourceOver 33,000 meals served across Atal Canteens in the first two days of operation.
View sourceWe will establish Welfare Boards for all auto, taxi drivers and domestic workers, under which we will provide life insurance up to ₹10 lakh, accident insurance up to ₹5 lakh, and scholarships for their children for higher education. We will provide a subsidy on vehicle insurance to auto and taxi drivers, and paid maternity leave up to 6 months to all domestic workers.
We will double the number of street vendor beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi scheme.
We will increase the senior citizens pension for citizens aged 60-70 from ₹2,000 to ₹2,500, and for senior citizens aged 70+, widows, divyang and destitutes from ₹2,500 to ₹3,000.
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