Overview
- Company representatives handed cheques to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday for a combined CSR gift of ₹22.18 crore to the state breakfast programme.
- Divi’s Laboratories contributed ₹12.18 crore and Aurobindo Pharma contributed ₹10 crore, with the funds delivered to the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation for the scheme.
- The state government said it will explore buying vegetables, rice and other supplies directly from farmers in areas with centralised kitchens and will encourage organic cultivation.
- Divi’s pledged money for a new centralised kitchen at Choutuppal to feed about 60,000 children and Aurobindo’s funds cover a new Sangareddy kitchen and upgrades at Kodangal to expand service to more districts.
- Officials gave no detailed timetable or line-item breakdown for how the ₹22.18 crore will be spent, and the move could reshape local supply chains while creating new markets for small farmers if the procurement plan is implemented.