Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 -- The Left Government led by Pinarayi Vijayan, who came into power in 2016, has allotted 1,653 acres of land for 33,058 Scheduled Caste families to build houses in Kerala.
With this the CPM government has made significant strides in providing land and housing to landless Scheduled
Caste and Scheduled Tribe families in Kerala, sources said.
Another major initiative is that the age limit for applying under the landless housing rehabilitation scheme was increased from 55 to 70 years, and the income limit for applying was also increased to Rs 1,00,000, making more people eligible for assistance.
Notably, Thiruvananthapuram has become the first district in the country where every Scheduled Tribe family has been al...