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Durgapur's 2 Taka Food Fair: Biryani for Pennies, Children's Bank Teaches Savings
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News18•01-10-2026, 21:18
Durgapur's 2 Taka Food Fair: Biryani for Pennies, Children's Bank Teaches Savings
- •Ashishnagar Awaitanik Primary School in Durgapur hosted a unique food fair where items like biryani, phuchka, moa, malpua, kachori, and chicken pakora were sold for just 2 taka.
- •Students managed the stalls and served food, supported by their parents, creating a vibrant atmosphere.
- •The initiative aimed to deter students from unhealthy packaged foods and plastic waste, promoting nutritious homemade options instead.
- •The school's headmaster, Bijan Biswas, highlighted the fair's goal to protect children's health and the environment.
- •A 'Children's Bank' was launched to help students save their earnings from the fair, fostering financial literacy and self-reliance from a young age.
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The school organized the 2 taka food fair as an alternative initiative to protect students from eating unhealthy packaged junk food like chips and kurkure, and to introduce them to nutritious homemade food.
The Children's Bank was launched to save the money earned by students from the fair, instill the habit of saving from childhood, and teach them the importance of using money.
There were no professional shopkeepers at the fair; all responsibilities from stall vendors to servers were handled by the school's young students with the help of their parents.
