Kozhikode: The Kudumbasree community development societies (CDS) across the state will help sell the Navakerala lottery to raise Rs 100 crore for the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF). Nearly half of the 1064 CDS secured the casual agency registration in two days, Kudumbashree executive director S Harikishore said. Apart from normal lottery sale, Kudumbashree has been entrusted with the 'special sale' ,to mobilise more funds, he said.
The result of the one-time draw would be announced on October 3. The first prize would be Rs 1 lakh for 90 people and the second prize would be Rs 5,000 for one lakh people. Already, 18,608 tickets had been sold after the special lottery was launched in all districts on Friday. The sale would be completed in two weeks.
“The state government is printing 96 lakh tickets in nine series as part of the lottery. The target of this special lottery is to raise Rs 100 crore. The Government of Kerala has entrusted Kudumbashree Mission as an agency to sell tickets to increase sales. The cost per ticket is Rs 250. So, by selling one book of 10 tickets, the Kudumbashree member may receive Rs 553 as income,” said Harikishore.
Training for Kudumbashree members to become lottery ticket-sellers was inaugurated at Lottery Agents and Sellers Welfare Board, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. While inaugurating the training, the executive director informed them that he would purchase one ticket from the first person who will come to his office. Rahyanath from Alappuzha travelled all the way from Alappuzha to Thiruvananthapuram to sell off the ticket to the executive director.
When he tried to motivate her by mentioning the income she may get by selling the maximum number of tickets, she replied that her focus was not on her income. For her, by selling Navakerala lottery, the Kudumbashree fraternity will be able to help the government to get more funds to reconstruct Kerala.
