Free bus ride for women, higher pay for ASHA workers: New Kerala government implements pre-poll promises

Thiruvananthapuram, 18/5: The V D Satheesan-led Congress-UDF government took over in Kerala on Monday marking the return of Congress to power in the south Indian state after ten years.

The first meeting of the 21-member cabinet implemented a set of poll promises including free bus ride for women from June 15, formation of a new department for elderly people to implement facilities for them on the lines of what they have in Japan.