Photos: What you can (or can't) eat in Delhi at Rs 5

FP Staff • July 26, 2013, 21:02:36 IST

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After the poverty figures released last week by the Planning Commission, a spate of leaders from the Congress including Raj Babbar have said that Rs 12 is enough for having a meal in India. Firstpost decided to find out what you can or cannot eat in Delhi for Rs 1,5,12. Turns out that Rs 12 will not fetch you much in the national capital, except three chapatis, onion salad and a glass of water. Here are the photos.

Nayyab’s Biryani, Jama Masjid, New Delhi: Free: Air, Rs. 1, Rs. 5 and Rs. 12: nothing, Rs. 20: Half plate plain biryani (no mutton or vegetables, sometimes few chunks of soya). Arlene Chang/Firstpost.

Mohd. Samir, owner Subhanallah Hotel near Jama Masjid in New Delhi says here’s what one gets in his hotel – for Rs. 1, Rs. 5: nothing and for Rs. 12: Three plain chapattis. Arlene Chang/Firstpost.

Eighteen year old Vikas Kumar from Faizapur in UP, has been selling ‘moth’ dal and kachori in Chawdi Bazaar, on his cycle since the past five months. He sells half plate of ‘moth’ dal and kachori for Rs. 10 and a full plate for Rs. 15. Arlene Chang/Firstpost.

Punjab Restaurant, Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi: Free: A glass of water, Rs. 1: nothing, Rs. 5: 200ml bottled water, Rs. 12: Two plain tandoori rotis. Seen here, an employee of the restaurant makes tandoori rotis. Arlene Chang/Firstpost.

Sona Restaurant, Yusuf Sarai market, New Delhi: Free: Glass of water, Rs. 1: nothing, Rs. 12: Two plain chapattis. Owner, Gurpreet Singh, says there’s nothing in the restaurant that costs Rs. 12. “We only give customers complimentary onion salad with the food they order and water,” he says. Arlene Chang/Firstpost.

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