THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced a 100-day programme of the government, in which various projects and initiatives will be launched and completed by various departments from June 11 to September 19.
He said that just like during the first wave of the pandemic, it has become imperative to launch such a programme to boost the economic growth of the state.
The programme aims at taking forward all the achievements made in the health, education and social security sectors, and launching policies to create more employment opportunities.
The 100-day programme includes projects worth Rs 2,464,92 crore that will be implemented through the public works department, rebuild Kerala initiative (RKI) and Kerala infrastructure investment fund board (KIIFB).
The blueprint for a major programme to provide jobs to 20 lakh educated youth, through K-Disc, will be completed.
In the next 100 days, 77,350 job opportunities will be created under various departments, directly and indirectly, he said.
This includes 10,000 jobs under industries department, 10,000 under cooperation department, 2,000 under Kudumbashree, 2,000 under the Kerala financial corporation, 2,500 under the women’s development corporation, 2,500 under backward classes development corporation, 1,000 in IT sector, 7,000 under local self-government department, 5,000 under young women entrepreneurship programme, 2,000 micro initiatives, 4,142 under health, 350 under animal husbandry and 26,000 under revenue and resurvey.
He said that the loans and government share will take the total available funds for projects under RKI to Rs 8,425 crore.
From this, Rs 945.35 crore will be utilized for initiating the works on nine roads in the state.
In the next 100 days, the public works department will complete projects worth Rs 1,519.6 crore, he said.
Further, the inauguration of the Kochi-Palakkad stretch of the GAIL pipeline project will be inaugurated and an integrated startup hub will also be launched in the next 100 days, the chief minister said.