Thiruvananthapuram : Welfare pensions for month of July and August will be remitted to beneficiaries in 1st week of August, Finance Minister KN Balagopal announced. Government seeks to bring relief to the poor despite the financial crisis it confronts from Covid conditions, said the minister. The impoverished festive season this time will see lumpsum Rs 3200 in in people’s hands. Welfare pensions benefit over 55 lakh people in the state and will cost state exchequer a neat Rs 1600 crore, the minister added.
