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Pathicheril Kanil Kumar from Kottayam had kept the ticket in his pocket after checking the results in the evening, thinking that he has not won any prize.
Living in a one-room house for 13 years, Shanmughan had been running from pillar to post seeking aid to build a new house.
The winner T K Siju, who is an overseer with the KSEB at its Pala office, had purchased the ticket only at 2 pm on Saturday, the day of the draw.
Once the scheduled lottery draws are held and after assessing the Covid situation, draw for the new weekly lotteries will begin.
Dhanoop, an office staff at the Montfort School in Anakkara, has a habit of purchasing lottery tickets. But he hadn’t found any luck till now.
Needy and poor patients will not be able to avail of the four key benefits offered under the Karunya scheme once it is transferred to the State Health Agency.
Though a decision was taken at the administrative-level to move the KBF under the aegis of the revenue department to the health department, an official order is yet to be issued.
Persons with kidney ailments would get up to Rs 3 lakh as treatment aid. Meanwhile, the hemophilia patients would be included in the lifelong scheme.
Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that the ticket rates were increased to prevent the agents from suffering loses and the prize money from being cut after the GST of the lottery was increased from 12% to 28%.
Tajmul, who won the 1-crore lottery, was all praise for the Kozhikode Police who helped him to deposit the prized ticket at a safe center.