Regn, stamp duty relief for Life Mission beneficiaries
The cabinet also decided to waive the registration and stamp duty charges for Life Mission beneficiaries acquiring land for house construction, subject to certification by the district collector or designated officer.
A similar exemption was approved for nine flood-affected beneficiaries who received homes built by the Muthoot Pappachan Foundation in Chittar village.
It has been decided to establish a tribal taluk supply office in Attapadi, Palakkad. New posts, including taluk supply officer and rationing inspector, will be created, and staff reallocated from the civil supplies department. Financial aid totalling Rs 95,32,500 from CMDRF has been sanctioned for 473 individuals in Pathanamthitta district who lost homes partially or fully to natural calamities since Jan 2023.
The cabinet also decided to implement the 2024 Telecom (Right of Way) Rules. A govt guarantee has been approved for a Rs 50cr loan that the SC/ST development corporation will raise from NSKFDC. It has also been decided to reappoint retired district judge E Baiju as the registrar of the Lok Ayukta for two years. The cabinet cleared a draft ordinance to exclude NUALS from the purview of the Kerala PSC (University Services) Act and recommended its promulgation to the governor.
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For employees of Kerala Feeds Ltd, the pensionable age will be increased from 58 to 60 years.
The rent for 40.47 acres of govt land leased to the state women's development corporation in Vazhakkala village, Ernakulam, has been revised. The land conservancy unit of the Travancore devaswom board's land protection wing has been given a one-year extension till March 2026. The govt also sanctioned Rs 2,86,293 to cover the medical expenses of late literacy activist and Padma Shri awardee K V Rabia.
The amount will be handed over to her sister Arifa.
The govt guarantee for Kerala social security pension Ltd has been increased from Rs 6,000cr to Rs 14,000cr.
Karthika S Pillai, daughter of forest watcher N Sivarama Pillai who died in 2015, will be given a clerical job in the forest department under the compassionate appointment scheme. The cabinet also approved three tenders worth over Rs 98cr for Phase II of the Kuttanad drinking water project.
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