<span style="color: #222222;">In Jharkhand, the Chief Minister Didi Kitchen is proving to be a lifeline for all the needy, poor, desolate women, specially-abled and the elderly since the lockdown orders were imposed across the country ahead of COVID-19 pandemic.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports,  Chief Minister Didi Kitchen scheme was started by Chief Minister Hemant Soren across the state on April 2 with the motive that no poor or needy should starve to sleep during the Lockdown period.<br />''<br />''The public welfare scheme has now served more than two crore 35 lakh beneficiaries across the state with plentiful and nutritious meals to poor and needy.<br />''<br />''In the aspirational district of Khunti, the Chief Minister's Didi Kitchen scheme runs under the State Livelihood Mission and is operated by the women of Sakhi Mandals, taking special care of hygiene parameters and providing wholesome meal to the beneficiaries.<br />''<br />''Thousands of migrant workers, women,  disabled and needy are being fed every day through CM Didi Kitchen in the Naxal-affected Khunti district and there is absolutely no problem in running it.<br />''<br />''CM Didi Kitchen provides  food to the needy, poor, women and migrant laborers for two times a day.<br />''<br />''Following social distancing norms, the beneficiaries come to eat these meals daily and are very happy with the help being given by the government during the lockdown period.<br />''<br />''CM Didi Kitchen scheme was initially started for 21 days by the Jharkhand State Livelihood Mission on April 2nd in the state, but this welfare scheme has been expanded after the lockdown was extended.</span>