Meal Vouchers have been important tools in ensuring the social well-being of employees for six decades in the world and for two decades in India. Meal Vouchers form an integral part of modern day work facilities usually replacing office run canteens and thereby eliminating the need for a dedicated canteen area. International experience suggests that Meal Vouchers prove to be efficient in promoting preventive health measures by providing access to restaurants that accept these vouchers and offer healthy and affordable food.
Pahle India initiated this report aiming at analysing the benefits of the Meal Voucher system in India and calculating its macro-economic effects on the national economy, such as the increase of the national budget revenues through improved tax collection.
