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All beneficiaries will receive the amount on the same date as per the schedule, said minister Balagopal.
In the agriculture sector, the Chief Minister announced that the support price for rubber will be increased from ₹180 to ₹200 per kg from November 1.
Distribution begins on Saturday, with 26.62 lakh beneficiaries receiving funds directly in their bank accounts
Each of the 62 lakh beneficiaries will receive ₹1,600.
UDF and the LDF see the welfare pension not merely as policy, but as political currency.
Balagopal has directed that all pensions be distributed before Vishu.
Apart from the arrears, an additional instalment of the pension has been approved for eligible beneficiaries for the month of March.
The remaining three instalments of Social Security Pension arrears will be disbursed in 2025-26.
Among the suspended officials, 34 are from the Revenue Department, while four are from the Survey and Land Records Department.
The order directed the recovery of the funds along with an 18 per cent interest and instructed a departmental investigation into the matter.
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