thiruvananthapuram former finance minister t m thomas isaac said it was not mass contact programmes that gave benefit to the common man but the willingness to help the poor through quick and transparent decisions by the ldf governmenton an average the yearly disbursement from the chief ministers distress relief fund cmdrf during the tenure of oommen chandy was rs 162 crore but the last two years of pinarayi vijayan government has disbursed rs 338 crore for treatment purposes from the cmdrf said isaac in a social media posthe said the left government put an end to the arrangement in which the chief minister or ministers distributed relief funds by gathering tens of thousands of people in the name of public relations programmesnow from receiving the application for financial assistance from cmdrf to receiving the financial assistance directly into the beneficiarys account the operations are handled completely online said isaache noted that the left governments achievement is that it has created a comprehensive system that is transparent hasslefree and respects the selfesteem of the applicant