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Financial assistance for pravasi Malayalees stranded in Kerala due to lockdown

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 5 (UNI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday announced a financial assistance package for Pravasi Malayalees (Non-Resident Keralites) who could not go back to their place of work abroad and were stranded in the state since the lockdown.

Addressing a press conference here, the CM said ''In the wake of the COVID pandemic outbreak, it has been decided to allot Rs 50 crores from the Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund to Norka Roots to provide financial assistance of Rs 5,000 each to expatriates who are unable to return home to work abroad. This is in addition to the Rs 8.5 crores given earlier."
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