THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state cabinet has decided to reach an agreement with a consortium of banks in order to offer a loan of up to Rs 1 lakh to families, which have lost their home appliances.
The facility will be provided through Kudumbasree units. The interest for the loans will be paid by the government. In addition, the government also intends to come up with another loan scheme that will offer a loan of up to Rs 10 lakh for small traders hit by the flood.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the cabinet has also decided to appoint global consultant
KPMG for providing expertise in state reconstruction. The Netherlandsbased company’s services would be free of cost.
In addition, the government has decided to conduct a special fund collection drive in all educational institutions in the state. “Several students have shown enthusiasm in contributing their small savings towards the chief minister’s distress relief fund (CMDRF). So, the government feels that they should be given an opportunity to contribute towards the fund,” Vijayan said.
The individual fund collection at districts will be led by different ministers. The ministers in-charge of districts are E Chandrasekharan (Kasaragod), E P Jayarajan and K K Shylaja (Kannur), Kadannappally Ramachandran (Wayanad), T P Ramakrishnan and A KSaseendran (Kozhikode), K T Jaleel (
Malappuram), A K Balan (Palakkad), C Raveendranath and V S Sunil Kumar (Thrissur), A C Moideen and E P Jayaran (Ernakulam), M M Mani (Idukki), T M Thomas Isaac and K Raju (Kottayam), G Sudhakaran and P Thilothaman (Alappuzha), Mathew T Thomas (Pathanamthitta), Mercykutty Amma (Kollam) and Kadakampally Surendran (Thiruvananthapuram).
The government has also decided to mobilize funds from abroad, where there are a large number of Malayali expats. Ministers will be deputed to UAE, Oman, Bahrain,
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Germany, US and Canada. The chief minister said the ministers will visit these countries in October.
