THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The leaders of Sidhanar Service Society here on Friday said that the State Government should increase the stipend and lumpsum grant of SC/ST students according to the human development index. Addressing a press conference here on Friday to announce the valediction of the diamond jubilee conference of the society held in the city, Bhargavi Thankappan, the chief patron of the society, also urged the State Government to approve the emergency petitions listed in the memorandum filed before the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. The emergency petitions included bringing forward a comprehensive land reform by providing a hectare of cultivation land to landless families belonging to Scheduled Castes, raising the farmer’s pension to Rs 2,500 and amending the legislation to provide reservation for SC/ST candidates for jobs in private sector. The general secretary of the society A K Thankappan, state secretary Rajamohan and assistant secretary K M Sivasankaran also attended the press conference.
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