Overview
- Minister M. B. Rajesh says 64,006 families have been lifted from extreme deprivation through the Extreme Poverty Eradication Programme launched in 2021.
- The state trained about 400,000 officials, representatives and volunteers via KILA to conduct a ward-level survey and implement the micro-plans.
- A grassroots verification narrowed an initial list of 118,309 families to 64,006, later cited as 59,000 after deaths and migration, reflecting differing counts in official references.
- Reported outputs include 4,005 of 4,677 homeless families housed under Life Mission, medicine and food support, and a drive to secure IDs, bank accounts and utilities.
- Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar disputes the announcement, citing World Bank data and asserting national schemes drove recent poverty reduction.