Rs1-kg Rice is UDF Governments Onam gift

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THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The UDF promise of Rs1 kg rice for the BPL families in the state will be an Onam gift for the people of Kerala,..

THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The UDF promise of Rs1 kg rice for the BPL families in the state will be an Onam gift for the people of Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said.
The first Cabinet meeting of the expanded UDF Government which met here on Monday soon after the swearingin ceremony decided to chart out a comprehensive plan to distribute the rice from Onam.Chandy said Food and Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob will meet Union Minister K V Thomas on June 4 and a final decision on the Centre's help in introducing this scheme in the state will be taken.

The Cabinet has decided to request the Governor to convene a twoday session of the Assembly from June 1.

The govt will provide `2 lakh each to the kin of those killed in the Pulmedu tragedy in Sabarimala.

victim, and will bear the

education expense of her daughter.