He said side by side the infrastructure development, welfare of the people continue to receive due attention.
Schemes like rice at Re 1 per kg were successfully implemented to the benefit of the less privileged.
Chandy said the good work done by the government helped Congress and its UDF allies to buck the anti-incumbency and win 12 of the 20 seats in the state in the Lok Sabha polls.
A popular leader who has never lost any assembly election in his home segment Puthuppally in Kottayam district since 1970, Chandy had turned the Lok Sabha polls into a referendum on his government's performance along with national issues.
Listing the priorities before him, Chandy said issues in health sector was a major challenge.
“High cost of treatment was an important factor the government has to tackle,” he said, adding that government was working out schemes in this regard.
