Around 40 lakhs unemployed in Kerala

Minister P K Gurudasan told the assembly today that 40, 64,228 unemployed persons have registered in the state employment exchanges till August 31, 2006.Out of the total, 382 are illiterate.

Meanwhile Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan stated that a bill brought by the Central Law Reformation Panel would be passed to confiscate the illegal property owned by government officials and social activists.