Kerala govt to pay ₹1,000 allowance to workers on Onam

Kochi: The Kerala government will pay an Onam festival allowance to those who have completed 100 days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the state scheme of Ayyakankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS), officials said on Friday.

Kerala finance minister added that a sum of ₹46 crore has been kept aside to pay the allowance. (HT Archives)

“It has been decided today that those who have done 100 days of work under MGNREGS and AUEGS will get a festival allowance of ₹1000. Around 4.6 lakh workers in the state will get this benefit,” finance minister KN Balagopal told reporters at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.