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Re:India's Indira canteen: The best meal you can buy for 13 ... by jdietrich on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:07PM (#15743755)
During the Second World War, Britain had hundreds of subsidised restaurants. They played an essential role in mitigating the worst privations of rationing, providing a nourishing meal for about $2 in today's money. The restaurants were so popular that many remained open until the 1950s.

This policy might be a vote-winner, but it's an honourable vote-winner. Quite aside from the obvious humanitarian justification, investments in nutrition have a tremendous RoI. Malnutrition remains one of the key limiting factors on India's economic growth; a bit of China-style central planning might not be a bad idea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Restaurant

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Re:India's Indira canteen: The best meal you can buy for 13 ... by crooked-v on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:53PM (#15744105)
> investments in nutrition have a tremendous RoI

For a US example, school free lunch programs were instituted in 1946 after the US army found that a substantial number of WWII rejected draftees were rejected because of malnutrition problems.

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