Jul 10, 2013

old age pension income limit increased to 3 lakh and no age limit for widow pension

Thiruvananthapuram. kerala cabinet meeting held today decided to hike
all welfare pensions . As per the decision income limit of old age
pension increased to three lakh per year. all widows will get pension
without considering the age . Farmer pension increased to Rs. 500. PH
pension increased to Rs.700. pension to women increased to Rs.1100.
Khadi labours pension increased to Rs. 700.

Jul 9, 2013

Educational Assistance to Children of Women Headed Families


Scheme TypeState Government
Funding Pattern State Government
DescriptionThe number of women headed families in Kerala is very high. Majority of these families are living in deplorable conditions. The scheme proposes to     extend a helping hand to these families by way of providing financial assistance to the education of children. This is a one-time assistance.
BeneficiariesChildren of Women Headed Families
BenefitsAssistance of Rs. 250/- from SSLC to Plus two and Rs. 500/- for Degree and above
Eligibility Criteria
1) BPL Family - (HIV/AIDS affected persons, socially discriminated persons, war widows etc are eligible irrespective of their BPL status)
2) Only two children of a family are eligible
3) The child who avail any other scholarship is not eligible for the assistance. A certificate to this has to be obtained from the head of educational institution where the child studies

How to Avail
The applications are collected by Child Development Project Officers through Anganwadi Workers and will be forwarded to the District Social Justice Offices

Indira Avaas Yojana 2013Revised Guidelines issued

Thiruvananthapuram.Ministry Of Rural Development issued revised guidelines to implement IAY Housing scheme durindg12th five year plan.Guidelines emphasis providing greater role to the Panchayats especially at the village level in the planning and implementation of the housing programme.Administrative grand include

  1. Cost of photographs of the house at various stages and of uploading them;
  2. Cost of quality supervision and monitoring through visits;
  3. Cost of hardware/software for MIS;
  4. Cost of data entry in AwaasSoft, including hiring of personnel on contract;
  5. Training of master masons and beneficiaries providing labour, including
  6. training on maintenance practices;
  7. Payment of honorarium to CRPs and service charges to NGOs;
  8. Training of officials and
  9. elected representatives of Panchayats;

Jun 29, 2013

Only two districts sent VEOs seniority list to CRD

As per reports from CRD Ernakulam and Thrissur districts has returned the modified seniority list to CRD

Jun 25, 2013

RD department general transfer queue list published

VEO"sGeneral Transfer Queue List Published

Thiruvananthapuram. RD department Published draft queue list of Village Extension Officers applied for general transfer.21 VEOs were included in the list.
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Jun 20, 2013

provident fund in 3 days

New Delhi: Retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is planning to settle all claims like transfer and withdrawal of provident fund (PF) within three days, a move that will benefit over one crore such claimants every year.
In order to give effect to the proposal of expeditious settlement of claims, EPFO has called a meeting of all zonal heads on July 5, to draw an action plan.
     The body is expecting 1.2 crore claims in the current fiscal and hopes that if around 70 per cent of those are settled in three days, then about 84 lakh claimants would be benefited.