The Kerala Federation of the Blind (KFB) will organise protest conventions before Collectorates and the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram at 10 a.m. on May 11, raising a number of demands including an increase in social security pensions for the differently abled.
KFB general secretary C.K. Aboobakker told reporters here on Monday that the federation had conveyed its demands to the Chief Minister, Minister for Social Justice, the Finance Minister and most of the MLAs on various occasions during the past two years. However, no action was taken in this regard and the Federation was forced to carry out protests to make themselves heard, he added.
President of the Federation C. Habeeb pointed out that the State government had been giving pensions to the differently abled for many years. While there had been considerable increase in the pension every year before 2014, there has been only nominal raise since 2016.
