Cabinet approves loan scheme for landslides-hit Kudumbashree members

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The Kerala Cabinet connected Wednesday approved a peculiar indebtedness strategy for Kudumbashree members successful the landslides-hit portion of Meppadi successful Wayanad territory and Vanimel panchayat successful Kozhikode district.

The Ujjeevana indebtedness strategy volition beryllium implemented to restart livelihoods of the catastrophe victims successful the wards declared disaster-affected owed to the landslide that occurred successful July 2024 astatine Meppadi panchayat and Vanimel panchayat. The indebtedness strategy of ₹8.57 crore has been approved and ₹1.94 crore, calculated arsenic involvement connected the loan, volition beryllium allocated to the Kudumbashree Mission from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund done the Wayanad District Collector. The estimated outgo of ₹20 crore for the task volition beryllium recovered by relaxing the State Disaster Relief Fund norms arsenic per the Kerala High Court verdict. The District Collector acrophobic has been assigned the work of disbursing the authorities stock of the strategy to the banks. The indebtedness schemes volition beryllium valid till December 31, 2026.

The Ujjeevana indebtedness strategy is intended to assistance the flood-affected MSMEs, approved homestays, disaster-affected dairy farmers, Kisan paper holders, bee farmers, tourer conveyance owners and commercialized conveyance owners to restart their livelihoods by availing themselves of slope loans. Loans made done banking/non-banking institutions that are members of the District Level Bankers’ Committee are eligible for assistance nether the Ujjeevana indebtedness scheme.

Published - January 21, 2026 11:39 p.m. IST

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