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Pinarayi's pre-poll welfare trump card
The New Indian Express Kottayam
|October 30, 2025
SEEKING to take the wind out of the Opposition's sails ahead of the local body elections, the LDF government on Wednesday announced a slew of welfare measures, including increasing the social security pension to ₹2,000, a ₹1,000-hike in ASHA workers' honorarium, a new pension scheme for economically backward women, and stipend for youths.
In his post-cabinet briefing, akin to a “mini-budget presentation”, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the Sthree Suraksha scheme would benefit women aged 35 to 60, who are not members of any other social security pension scheme. The scheme is limited to families holding AAY or PHH ration cards. The government estimates an expense of ₹3,800 crore a year to provide a m
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