- North Mumbai MP and Union Minister Piyush Goyal commissioned "Mauli – the first All-Women Operated Clean Street Food Hub" at Kandivani, near Mumbai
- All the women who took part were trained under the Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC) program
- The scheme allows women to run clean, safe, and hygienic food businesses
Union Minister and North Mumbai MP Piyush Goyal inaugurated "Mauli – the first All-Women Operated Clean Street Food Hub" at Kandivani, close to Mumbai.
To illustrate the uniqueness of the hub, he said that the hub is owned and operated by women from Self-Help Groups (SHGs) that have received FoSTaC training and certification to be clean, safe, and hygienic food businesses.
Piyush emphasized that the program professionalizes women into a respectful, dignified livelihood and support local entrepreneurship, integrating food safety, women's empowerment and community development.
He also described the program as a point of pride and felt confident the hub will gain the trust of Mumbaikars, similar to "Aajji's Dibba," trusted in every house hold.
Emphasizing the critical role of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to provide trust and safety, he highlighted that today there are 405 certified hubs and more than 13 lakh vendors trained in the country.
Piyush, a self-claimed foodie emphasized that a balance has to be struck between taste and health, declaring obesity a "silent crisis" and highlighting that the Eat Right India program provides an effective solution.
He expressed, once again his vision for bringing "Uttar Mumbai to Uttam Mumbai", and the food hub is a significant stride in that vision.
Highlighting PM Narendra Modi's India’s strength message on Independence Day, he deemed Mauli as a representation of Swadeshi strength. He then queried would citizens also lower their oil consumption by 10 percent with the prime minister’s appeal for better, more healthful living.
For him, initiatives like Eat Right India are important in establishing healthier communities, livelihoods as a national process building safe food as part of a broader development process for the country.
