T’puram: The government, on Wednesday, announced a gift RS 2 Crore for PR Sreejesh, which is part of the Indian Hockey team who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
The cabinet also decided to promote it as a joint director (sport) in the Department of General Education.
Sreejesh is the deputy director in the department.
The cabinet decided to reward Rs 5 Lakh to eight other sports from Kerala representing the country at the Tokyo Olympics.
This besides RS 5 lakh each is provided earlier.
Previously, the Nrepreneur entrepreneur Shamsheer Vayalil had announced a prize from Rs 1 Crore for Sreejesh.
Sabarimala Airport: The Cabinet decided to appoint KSIDC as a nodal body for the proposed Greenfield Airport Sabarimala.
Previously, Kinfra was considered a nodal agent.
ARC report: The Cabinet instructed the department concerned to prepare detailed guidelines to apply recommendations in the Fifth Report of the Fourth Administrative Reform Commission, chaired by former CM vs.
Achuthananandan.
NOD for Agreement: The Cabinet gave permission to the agreement between the state and forest bamboo companies, the Department of Wildlife from November 1, last year until October 3, 2025.