May 28, 2021, 13:21 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday (May 28) said the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a great challenge to the development prospects of the state as it is likely to witness high revenue and fiscal deficits.
The state is also facing a shortage of Covaxin doses to inoculate the people of the state. This shortage has led to the waiting period of the second dose to be extended indefinitely till the state can secure resources.
Providing free COVID-19 vaccine to all is the policy of the state government and an additional Rs 1,000 crore expenditure is expected for this, he said while presenting the policy address of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government in the state Assembly, according to news agency PTI.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday addressed the new Assembly on Friday, listing out the policies of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government, but his speech failed to win approval from the Congress-led Opposition which termed it .
Pinarayi Vijayan's government in Kerala today promised to raise farmers' income by 50 per cent in the next five years and ensure there are no landless people in Kerala even as it admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic would cost the state economy dearly