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New govt. promises to eradicate poverty, raise living standard
The Hindu
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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has laid out an ambitious plan to eradicate poverty, improve health care, create basic infrastructure, provide housing, stop mortgage evictions, mitigate unemployment, modernise higher education and tangibly elevate the State’s living standard to that of developed nations within the next five years. Speaking to newspersons after chairing the meeting of the new Cabinet here on Thursday, Mr. Vijayan pointedly invoked the political and social welfare legacy of the 1957 E.M.S. government.More Related News