Kamal, Mammootty, Mohanlal To Attend Kerala's 'Extreme Poverty Free' Declaration Event
On November 1, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will make the declaration of Kerala as an ‘extreme poverty-free’ state from the Central Stadium, behind the Secretariat. The event will reportedly be a starry fanfare as the three South Indian biggest stars – Kamal Haasan, Mammotty, and Mohanlal are to join.
The government has decided to mark this historical feat in a befitting fashion, LSG minister MB Rajesh reportedly said. He informed that CM will make the declaration on November 1, in the presence of the entire Cabinet. Also, Mammotty, Mohanlal, and Kamal Haasan will be there as special guests. The event will be accompanied by the cultural events before and after the declaration. “We want to turn this achievement into a mass celebration”, the minister said.
Kerala was only the second in the world, after China, to get rid of extreme poverty, systematically and scientifically, he said.
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Chief Minister Pinarayi aspired to end extreme poverty on May 21, 2021, and decided to achieve it on November 1, 2025. The LSG minister said that the target was over 99 percent achieved and will be 100 percent in a few days.
Notably, in 2021, Kudumbshree surveyed to identify extremely poor families in Kerala, which listed 64,006 families as extremely poor. This is hardly 0.2 per cent of Kerala’s total population. Moreover, Niti Aayog had said in 2021 that Kerala’s poor constituted 0.7 percent of Kerala’s population.
Under the Kerala’s Extreme Poverty Eradication Project launched in 2021, the Kerala government targeted every family with microplans.
- 1,03,099 individuals were identified as extremely poor
- 21,263 families received essential documents
- 3,193 families were given new houses
- 1,338 families were given lands
- 5,651 families received up to Rs 2 lakh each for house renovation
- 3,822 families received livelihood assistance
