Welfare pension will be increased to Rs 3000: UDF manifesto

Описание: A day after the LDF released its election manifesto with big promises, UDF released its manifesto with bigger promises.
Releasing the manifesto, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said that UDF is bound to implement the declarations in the manifesto.
Nyay scheme is the highlight of the manifesto. Welfare pension will be increased to Rs 3000. Welfare commission will be formed, it says.
A special law to protect the traditions of the Sabarimala lord Ayyappa temple and a Peace and Harmony department on the model of Rajasthan are among the promises.

Housewives aged between 40-60, who donot come under the Nyay scheme, the minimum income guarantee programme launched by the Congress in 2019, would be entitled for the Rs 2000 monthly pension.
Free food kits to those who had been affected by COVID-19 and no bill hospitals are among the other schemes of the front, Benny Behanan MP, chairman of the manifesto committee said.
Highlights of the manifesto are as follows:
• Nyay scheme for providing monthly aid of Rs 6000 to underprivileged families, annual aid of Rs 72,000.
• Fuel subsidy to autorickshaw, taxi and fishing boats from state tax.
• 100 unit free electricity to all customers.
• Free food kit with more items to more people.
• House for 5 lakh people.
• Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP) will be resumed.
• 5 kg free rice to all white ration card holders.
• Forest Rights Act will be implemented completely.
• House construction aid for people belong to SC/ST and fishing communities will be increased from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 6 lakh.
• Special financial aid to differently abled for purchasing vehicles.
• A department will be formed to maintain peace and harmony.
• Minimum wage of Rs 700 to workers


• Minimum Support Price of Rs 250 for rubber and Rs 30 for paddy.
• Light Metro will be implemented in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram