UAE charities free to donate, Kerala CM says

VIJAYAN CLARIFIES INDIA’S REGULATIONS ON RECEIVING FOREIGN AID

and instructed his top officials to look into the areas of cooperation to help Kerala.

It was decided that the Zayed Foundation officials would explore ways and means to be a part of Kerala’s rebuilding process, said the statement.

The chief minister also met Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, in the capital on Thursday and thanked him and the UAE rulers for their support and benevolence towards Kerala and Keralites.

Shaikh Nahyan said Kerala and Keralites are very close to the UAE and they are ever ready to extend any support to Kerala, said a statement issued by the chief minister’s office.

Meanwhile, the chief minister told a business meeting in the capital that he was not even expecting to get the full amount of eligible assistance from the Indian government to the flood-hit state. “As per the norms, the state is eligible to receive around Rs40 billion (Dh1.99 billion) assistance from [Indian] central government. However, given the history of releasing such assistance to the states, it is unlikely that we will get the full amount,” Vijayan said at the event organised by the Indian Business and Professional Group .