CPI(M) sets poverty eradication as LDF’s central agenda ahead of the local body polls

Govindan also dangled the prospect of increasing the monthly social welfare pension from ₹2,000 to ₹2,500 with the rider that the Central government end its “financial embargo” on Kerala and release the ₹2 lakh crore obligatory federal funds owed to the State 

​Govindan also dangled the prospect of increasing the monthly social welfare pension from ₹2,000 to ₹2,500 with the rider that the Central government end its “financial embargo” on Kerala and release the ₹2 lakh crore obligatory federal funds owed to the State