Only 64000 acutely poor in Kerala, engaged on mitigation, says CM
3 min readBy Express News Service
PALAKKAD: One of the LDF authorities’s objectives is to make the state freed from utmost poverty by 2025. It has set itself a deadline of November 1, 2025, to comprehend this, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said after inaugurating the MGNREGA staff’ welfare fund board on the Fort Maidan proper right here on Monday.
The CM said that folk in extreme poverty are categorized thus: these which are very outdated and infirm, these which are affected by continuous illness, and those who stay a solitary life. Their amount inside the state now stood at 64,000.
The steps to rescue them from poverty are underway, with the native our our bodies spearheading the trouble with the help of locals, the CM added. To improve this effort, the federal authorities has elevated the month-to-month welfare pension from Rs 600 in 2016 to Rs 1600.
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The pending arrears had been moreover distributed.
At present, 62 lakh people are receiving welfare pensions inside the state. The authorities hopes to present a progress report on November 1, 2023.
Local Self-Government Minister MB Rajesh presided over the meet. Electricity Minister Okay Krishnankutty was the chief customer.
Just a few months up to now, CPM state secretary MV Govindan had claimed that inside the following three years, ‘extreme poverty’ will most likely be worn out in Kerala.
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“There are 3.42 lakh landless people in Kerala. The government has decided to provide three cents of land each to these people. For this, 10,500 acres of land is required and the land has been identified. Once the land is handed over to eligible people, Kerala will become the first state with zero landless people,” he had said then.
PALAKKAD: One of the LDF authorities’s objectives is to make the state freed from utmost poverty by 2025. It has set itself a deadline of November 1, 2025, to comprehend this, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said after inaugurating the MGNREGA staff’ welfare fund board on the Fort Maidan proper right here on Monday.
The CM said that folk in extreme poverty are categorized thus: these which are very outdated and infirm, these which are affected by continuous illness, and those who stay a solitary life. Their amount inside the state now stood at 64,000.
The steps to rescue them from poverty are underway, with the native our our bodies spearheading the trouble with the help of locals, the CM added. To improve this effort, the federal authorities has elevated the month-to-month welfare pension from Rs 600 in 2016 to Rs 1600.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
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The pending arrears had been moreover distributed.
At present, 62 lakh people are receiving welfare pensions inside the state. The authorities hopes to present a progress report on November 1, 2023.
Local Self-Government Minister MB Rajesh presided over the meet. Electricity Minister Okay Krishnankutty was the chief customer.
Just a few months up to now, CPM state secretary MV Govindan had claimed that inside the following three years, ‘extreme poverty’ will most likely be worn out in Kerala.
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“There are 3.42 lakh landless people in Kerala. The government has decided to provide three cents of land each to these people. For this, 10,500 acres of land is required and the land has been identified. Once the land is handed over to eligible people, Kerala will become the first state with zero landless people,” he had said then.
