After much delay, Delhi today got its first subsidised canteen -- Aam Aadmi Canteen -- with the facility being inaugurated on a pilot basis at Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan Hospital.

Attendants, staff and people visiting the LNJP Hospital can now have a meal for Rs 10.

The Arvind Kejriwal government had proposed to set up such facilities in line with Tamil Nadu's highly-subsidised Amma canteens.

"The canteen would be run on a trial basis for one month during which we would only serve lunch. After one month, we will try to include dinner and then breakfast also in the scheme. Trial does not mean we will shut down after one month, it means we would only take it further up," Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said after inaugurating the canteen.

"Aam Aadmi Canteen pilot project started at LNH hospital. Rs 10 per meal for all attendants, staff & people visiting the hospital," he tweeted.

In pictures shared on his Twitter account, Jain can also be seen having the meal at the canteen. LNJP Director Dr J C Passey and other officials were also present.

स्वास्थ्य मंत्री @SatyendarJain जी ने खुद भी कुपन खरीद कर लोक नायक अस्पताल के नए किचन में खाना खाया। आज से शुरू हुई सर्वीस। pic.twitter.com/qHB1E4JTIU — Sunil Chandekar