Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 -- The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government on Tuesday announced the formation of a special committee to prepare a White Paper on Keralam's financial condition.

The committee will be headed by former Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, and Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) K R Jyothilal has been appointed as convener, Chief Minister V D Satheesan said today.

Economist Dr Narayanan and Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Director Dr Veeramani are the other members of the committee, he said.

Yesterday, following a meeting of his Cabinet after a swearing in cermony of his government, Satheesan had announced the white paper to give people a clear picture of the state's financial health.

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