Thiruvananthapuram : 88,000 more houses would have finished construction under LIFE mission this year, said Minister MV Govindan. 12,067 houses have already been handed over to beneficiaries after including them into CM’s 100-Day Programme. The govt aims to build 5 lakh houses in five years, said the minister responding to a query in the Assembly on Wednesday.
The Centre has been repeatedly urged for to raise wages under the Employment Guarantee Scheme. Kerala was left out of purview the last time that Centre increased the scheme’s wages. The state cleared wage arrears caused by lack of funds from the Centre. Local Self-government bodies’ own funds have been similarly diverted into the Treasury even before, said the minister, adding that, local self bodies have been exempted from Treasury curbs.
