Kerala govt comes up for corona cause, to provide financial package of Rs 20,000 crore

One more person tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday in Kerala, taking the total number of cases to 25 in the state. The Kerala government announced a Rs 20,000 crore financial package to tide over the present crisis being faced by the southern state in the wake of the virus outbreak. 

The multi-crore special package includes Rs 500 crore health package, Rs 2,000 crore loans and free ration.

Giving details about the financial package, Vijayan said loans worth Rs



2,000 crore would be made available to needy families through all-women network 'Kudumbashree' during April-May. 

Rural employment guarantee programmes worth Rs 1,000 crore each will be implemented in April-May, he added. 

Social security pension of Rs 1,320 crore, to be given in April, would be distributed this month, he said, adding that 50 lakh people will benefit through the pension scheme.

"Our effort is to bring all of them back to the state", he said.