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Officials expect government employees and general public who throng these areas to benefit from the cheap meal scheme. A plate of rice, dal, sabji, fish curry and chutney — all for Rs 21 — will now be available in all districts in the state, following the state government’s success with the “cheap fish meal” scheme in Kolkata. “Every day, thousands visit these offices and not all of them have the financial capability to get full fish meal at a reasonable price. So keeping that in mind, we have decided to start this scheme at different state government offices in the districts,” said Sinha. The scheme will be marketed by the West Bengal State Fishermen’s Cooperative Limited, which is popularly known as Benfish..