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Oxygen plant at KMML, Chavara
This government has set new increased the welfare pension by to Rs 250 to the members of the
benchmarks in governance, Rs 100, i.e a minimum of Rs 1400. Welfare Fund. Farmers who have
transparency and accountability. We have already begun disbursing paid their contribution for not less
Perhaps ours is the only state the pension on a monthly basis. than five years, remain a member
government to bring out annual In the backdrop of Covid-19, we of the Welfare Fund without
progress reports on election had decided to extend the ration arrears and have completed 60
promises. Likewise, we are in kit scheme in which a monthly years of age will be entitled to a
the process of creating a new groceries kit will be given to each pension commensurate with the
benchmark of welfare and ration card of the state for till contribution paid, according to the
development. The 100 Days 100 December. In yet another first, Board Act.
Projects campaign is an outcome Kerala has established a Farmer
of such an ambitious attempt to Welfare Fund Board to further the In the Education sector two
take the project implementation social security net for farmers. major events had taken place
culture of the state. A point must in the last one and half months.
be noted that there are actually Farmers Welfare Fund members Kerala’s public education system
121 projects in this with around are entitled to a personal pension, has become completely digital.
800 component projects in it. family pension, sickness benefit, All public schools in the state are
Public can monitor the progress disability benefit, medical now equipped with at least one
and details of each project and its assistance, marriage and maternity high-tech classroom. The second
components in the https://100days. allowance, education assistance one being the inauguration of Sree
kerala.gov.in/ website made and posthumous benefits. Farmers Narayana Guru Open University.
exclusively for this. have to pay a registration fee of Rs It is the fourteenth State university
100 to become a member of the in Kerala and the fifteenth open
In the previous issue, I had board’s welfare fund scheme and university in India. In September,
mentioned about the projects we a minimum monthly contribution we saw the inauguration of 34
are aiming to begin and complete of Rs 100. The Government will higher secondary school buildings
during the next 100 days. We have provide an equivalent share of up in various constituencies which
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