24 Nov : The Kerala government has announced a 5000 crore rupee programme to provide land and houses to landless families belonging to SCs/STs and other poor sections in the society.
Talking to reporters after meeting various representatives of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe organisations in Thiruvananthapuram, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said, the programme will be implemented within the next two and half years.
A cabinet sub-committee will be set up to expedite the programme and an action plan will be formulated, he said.