The Commemoration of 3 billion meals served by Shri Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Serves Akshaya
Patra’s 3 Billionth Meal
11 February, 2019, Vrindavan: Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi commemorated The
Akshaya Patra Foundation’s serving of cumulative 3 Billion meals at an event held at the organisation’s campus in
Vrindavan, Mathura, on 11th February, 2019.
The Prime Minister was joined by the Honourable Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Ram Naik, and the Honourable
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath.
The event was attended by eminent political figures from Uttar Pradesh including Shri Shrikant Sharma, Minister of
Power; Shri Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, Minister - Dairy Development, Religious Affairs, Culture, Minority Welfare,
Muslim Waqf and Haj; and Smt Anupma Jaiswal, Minister of State - Basic Education, Child Development and
Nutrition, Revenue and Finance.
Other dignitaries in attendance were Smt Hema Malini, MP - Mathura; Shri Karinda Singh, MLA – Govardhan, Chat nowShri
Shyam Sunder Sharma, MLA – Mant; Shri Pooran Prakash, MLA - Baldev, and Shri Mukesh Arya Bandhu, Mayor –
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Mathura
Vrindavan Nagar Nigam.
Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa – Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation; Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa – Vice-Chairman,
Shri Mohandas Pai - Independent Trustee, other trustees and officials, and Presidents of various regions were
present at the
occasion.
The event was also attended by prominent personalities from the corporate sector and other esteemed
organisations who have been supporters and well-wishers of the Foundation throughout its journey.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi began the ceremony by paying homage to Srila Prabhupada, the inspiration
behind Akshaya Patra’s meal programme. Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa welcomed and felicitated the dignitaries. An
invocation was sung by Akshaya Patra beneficiaries from Vrindavan. It was followed by speeches by Shri Yogi
Adityanath, Shri Mohandas Pai, and Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa.
All the dignitaries congratulated Akshaya Patra on attaining the milestone of cumulatively serving 3 Billion meals
and pledged their support to the organisation’s endeavour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the commemorative plaque to mark the serving of 3 Billionth meal by
Akshaya Patra. He addressed the gathering and showed his support to the Foundation’s initiative by serving the
ceremonial 3
Billionth meal. The Prime Minister, much to the delight of the children, even shared meals with them.
Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa expressed his delight over having reached this milestone and conveyed his gratitude to all
the stakeholders, including the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), State
Governments,
corporates, donors, partners, and the community at large, for their continued support. He also reiterated the
commitment to serve hot, nutritious, safe, and tasty meals to children every school day and further added that the
Foundation will strive
to enhance the impact of mid-day meals through various innovative initiatives.
In 2012, Akshaya Patra reached its first major milestone of serving 1 Billion cumulative meals since the inception of
the programme in 2000. By 2016, the organisation had already served a cumulative 2 Billion meals. That milestone
was
commemorated in the presence of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the then President of India, on 27th August, 2016, in
Bengaluru.
Akshaya Patra is the world’s first NGO-run school meal programme to achieve the milestone of serving 3 Billion
cumulative meals. It is a major milestone in the Foundation’s pursuit of the mission to serve meals to 5 million
children every school day by 2025. With the support of the Government, donors, and all the other stakeholders, the
organisation is poised to realise its vision ‘ no child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger .
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About The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Akshaya Patra is a not-for-profit organisation, which strives to address classroom hunger and bring children to
school by implementing the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Government and Government-aided schools. Since 2000, the
Foundation has worked towards reaching more children with wholesome food on every single school day. The
Foundation is continuously leveraging technology to cater to millions of children. Its state-of-the-art kitchens have
become a subject of study and attract curious visitors from around the world.
In partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments, and the inestimable support of many
philanthropic donors and well-wishers, Akshaya Patra has grown from humble beginnings serving just 1,500 school
children across five schools. Today, Akshaya Patra’s Mid-Day Meal Programme is the world’s largest (not-for-profit
run) school lunch programme, serving wholesome food to over 1.76 million children from 14,702 schools across 12
states in India.
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3 Billionth Meal Served by Shri Narendra Modi
Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, served the 3 Billionth Meal to a child at the commemoration in
Vrindavan on Feb 11, 2019. Akshaya Patra is the world’s first NGO-run school meal programme to achieve the
milestone of serving 3 Billion
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