Pocket-friendly people’s meal

Selling 9,000 plates a day, Janta Meals is well on way to becoming India’s first food chain for the urban poor
Manoj Mahto, a rickshaw puller in Gurgaon’s Dhanwapur area, spends ₹30 for his lunch every day. That fetches him hygienically prepared dal, chapattis, rice and vegetables along with some salad. For dinner, he opts for the ₹20 plate, which has five chapattis, a vegetable, salad and chutney. Under ₹50 a day, this migrant worker from Bihar has two square meals a day, minus the risk of falling ill from consuming unhygienic dhaba food.