Gujarat opens 101 new Shramik Annapurna centres, total now 394

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel opened 101 new Shramik Annapurna centres on 16 October 2026 and served meals himself at the centre near Chanakyapuri Bridge in Ahmedabad. Ministers, MPs and MLAs opened the other centres in their districts.

Shramik Annapurna Yojana now runs 394 centres across all 34 districts, up from 293 centres in 20 districts. Construction workers and family members get a meal for ₹5 per person. Menu has rotis, sabzi, dal, rice, achar, mirchi and gud, plus sweets like sukhdi and sheera once a week.

Scheme also delivers meals at construction sites if at least 50 workers want it.

Meal distribution

• Centres served over 35,000 meals a day before the new ones opened.
• More than 5 crore meals served since the scheme started in 2017.
• About 27 lakh meals given at construction sites till now.
• New centres should add about 10,000 meals a day, taking the total to around 45,000.