Nava Kerala Mission is an initiative of the

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launched in November 2016. The initiative seeks to address problems faced in four key social sectors, namely,

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and

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, with the help and involvement of

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s. The Mission was officially launched by

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, in a meeting held in

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on 10 November 2016.

Schemes under the Mission

The mission emphasizes the implementation four schemes:

Haritha Keralam

This envisages a clean state by taking up various waste management programmes. It is also planned to implement sanitation schemes, projects for preserving water sources, agriculture development and promotion of organic farming.

Aardram

This scheme is aimed at improving facilities in government run hospitals with a view to extend treatment at a reasonable cost.

Life

Under this scheme, it is proposed to provide housing for all homeless people. The declared aim of the scheme to build houses for an estimated 4.32

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() families in Kerala who don't own any land or houses. It has been estimated that an amount of Rs.6,000-6,500

crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...

( Rs. – Rs. ) may be required to fully implement the scheme. People who stay in non liveable houses were also included in this project.

Comprehensive Educational Rejuvenation Programme

This is a scheme to preserve and strengthen the public education system of Kerala. One of the key proposals under the scheme is develop about a 1000 schools to international standards.

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External links

*http://missions.kerala.gov.in/ *http://haritham.kerala.gov.in *http://lifemission.lsgkerala.gov.in Local government in Kerala Economic planning in India 2016 establishments in Kerala History of Kerala (1947–present)