Overview
- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will make the announcement on Kerala Formation Day at Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, with a special Assembly session convened earlier in the day.
- The government says a statewide, grassroots survey initially flagged 1,18,309 families and, after multi-level checks, identified 64,006 as ‘extremely poor,’ with deaths and migration leaving about 59,277 active cases.
- Interventions reported include Life Mission housing for roughly 4,005 of 4,677 homeless families, regular medicine and food supplies, issuance of identity documents, and livelihood support, with the programme benefiting about 1,03,099 people at a cost exceeding ₹1,000 crore.
- An open letter from economists and activists urges publication of the survey methods and data, questions the definition used, and seeks clarity on how the 64,006 figure relates to the 5.9 lakh Antyodaya Anna Yojana families and the earlier Aasraya destitute scheme.
- Local Self-Government Minister M. B. Rajesh defends the process as participatory and documented, says a detailed report will be released at the event, as the UDF and BJP label the declaration misleading and politically timed.