Kerala Chief Minister 🌼Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said that Rs 1,481.87 crore pension will be distributed over 48 lakh poor people, who have been hit the hardest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ahead of Onam festival in August.
In a Facebook post, chief minister Vijayan said that with Onam just round the corner it was necessary t💃hat poor people have money in their hands 💯and therefore, the Social Welfare Pension for the months of July and August was being distributed jointly.
For th🐲is Rs 1,481.87 crore has been sanctio🍒ned, he said in the Facebook post.
He said☂ the distribution was expected to be completed by August 10 and all the 48,52,098 beneficiaries will receive Rs 3,200 this month either directl♚y into their accounts or at their homes through the cooperative banks.
(PTI inputs)
