THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Finance minister Thomas Isaac on Tuesday announced that an order has been passed to disburse welfare pension for five more months.

At present, the welfare pensions for October, November months are being disbursed. As the state is witnessing a lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, it has been decided to disburse welfare pensions for months from December to April, the minister said. A total of Rs 2730 crore has been sanctioned in this regard. Apart from this Rs 34 crore has been specially sanctioned for clearing the arrears.