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Kerala to roll out housing scheme for SC/ST communities
Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan announced a new housing scheme for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on Sunday (August 9, 2026). He said the Finance department has been directed to ensure e-grants…
The Story in Brief
Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan announced a new housing scheme for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on Sunday (August 9, 2026). He said the Finance department has been directed to ensure e-grants reach SC/ST students, and complaints about the Life Mission housing scheme will be addressed. The CM spoke at the state-level inauguration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in Kochi, organised by the SC/ST Welfare Department. He also launched a service portal for faster, transparent delivery of departmental services. Separately, at a function to mark Pandit Karuppan’s birth anniversary, the CM said fishers displaced by development projects would be rehabilitated.
The Indian Opinion
The CM’s promise of a new housing scheme and e-grants is welcome, but Kerala’s track record of fund utilisation for SC/ST welfare invites scrutiny. The narrative that governments always deliver on such announcements must be tested against actual disbursement data. The real measure will be the number of houses completed and the speed of e-grant transfers in the next six months.
Source: thehindu.com
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