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Kerala
By Our Special Correspondent
The Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, told presspersons after a Cabinet meeting that these were schools with less than 50 students. Besides, there is another school within 2 km from these schools. Referring to opposition to closure of the schools, the Chief Minister said that those who are opposing the closure were the ones who had decided to close down 105 schools in 1997. Mr. Antony said the Cabinet had also decided to issue an Ordinance amending the Cooperatives Act. With this, the State Government would be able to dissolve the district cooperative banks. A pensions scheme for employees of the cooperatives who had retired after 1974 would also be part of the Ordinance. He said that the Ordinance would grant voting rights to all primary cooperatives.
Punalur Paper Mills
The Government, he said, has given the green signal for reopening of the Punalur Paper Mills. A Memorandum of Agreement will be signed with the factory management after the reopening of the factory becomes a certainty. Benefits proposed under the deal would be given only after that. About 10 cashew factories under Capex would also be reopened. The Government would bear its losses.
Police transfer
The Chief Minister said that there was nothing wrong in the Government decisions to transfer police officials who had served at a place for five years. The force needed discipline and there was nothing wrong in enforcing discipline in the force. The police should become a force that helps the people and protect their property. As to the suicide of a policeman, the Government was conducting an inquiry and taking necessary action. Asked about the comment of the senior Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, that if he were the Chief Minister he would have taken action in 24 hours, Mr. Antony quipped the problem was that he (Mr. Antony) happened to be the Chief Minister.
Women's panel
He said that the dissolution of the Women's Commission was not a political decision. It was a decision taken by the Government on the basis of the recommendations of the Planning Board. He said that the Cabinet had postponed decision on the proposal for reduction of the hospital fees to its next meeting. Mr. Antony said he did not know why the Public Service Commission proposed to reintroduce interviews for the selection of the policemen after 25 years. He came to know the decision only from the media. He had not been consulted and such consultation was not legally required.
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