
Poverty survey to be over in 4 months: Govindan
The Hindu
Cabinet approves guidelines, appoints nodal officer
With the State Cabinet approving the guidelines , the survey to identify five lakh of the poorest families in the State is expected to be completed within four-and-a-half months, Local Self-Governments Minister M.V. Govindan has said. The Cabinet has also appointed Santosh Kumar, Additional Development Commissioner (Rural Development Commissionerate), as the nodal officer of the activities. The programme was one of the first major announcements made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after taking charge in the Left Democratic Front’s second term. He had announced that the government aimed to uplift all families below the poverty line within the next five years.More Related News

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