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Addressing a press convention right here on Friday, forward of the declaration on Saturday, he mentioned that if the critics have been well-meaning they might have supplied constructive inputs at varied phases of the method, as an alternative of making an attempt to create a smokescreen simply earlier than the declaration.
“The critics elevate a query as to which reputed committee has carried out this survey. Rather than a committee with 5 – 6 individuals, the federal government carried out a grassroots-level, participatory course of which concerned over 4 lakh individuals at varied ranges. Committees have been shaped on the native body-level in addition to the ward-level involving Kudumbashree volunteers, representatives of political events, individuals who work in poverty alleviation sector, ASHA staff, SC/ST promoters, residents’ associations and a number of different individuals,” he mentioned.
The Minister mentioned that the critics seem to have been confused on the distinction between poverty and excessive poverty. Through the survey, the federal government recognized and reached out to individuals who had no paperwork and had remained with none help from authorities techniques. After figuring out 1,18,309 households within the preliminary surveys, the record was additional lower down by a multi-level and clear technique of checks and tremendous checks involving grama sabhas. For the primary time within the nation, micro-plans have been ready for every of the 64,006 extraordinarily poor households, based mostly on their wants, he mentioned.
‘Documents obtainable’
“The course of in addition to the progress is documented in authorities orders, the financial surveys since 2022, the Kerala Institute of Local Administration’s handbooks and within the public statements of the earlier LSGD Minister M.V. Govindan. The Planning Board was additionally carefully concerned within the course of. It is unlucky that they selected to lift such questions in an off-the-cuff method with out going by these paperwork obtainable within the public area. On the claims relating to ASHA staff, they recover from ₹430 each day, which isn’t under the poverty line as per the Union authorities’s norms,” he mentioned.
Mr. Rajesh mentioned that important paperwork have been supplied to 21,263 people missing these. Houses have been supplied to three,913 households, land for 1,338 households, and home restore works of as much as ₹2 lakh every executed for five,651 households. He mentioned that the Chief Minister will launch an in depth report on the undertaking on Saturday.
Signatories
The letter by the specialists titled ‘Extreme poverty-free Kerala or Destitute-free Kerala? The authorities ought to publish the report figuring out the extraordinarily poor’ names amongst its signatories educationist R.V.G. Menon, economist M.A. Oommen, honorary fellow of the Centre for Development Studies Ok.P. Kannan, former Additional Director General of the Central Statistical Organisation G. Ravindran, activist J. Devika and others.
Published – October 31, 2025 04:42 pm IST
