T’puram: The UDF has decided to implement Centre’s PM Shri (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) scheme, maintaining that the state cannot withdraw from the MoU the previous LDF govt had signed with the Union govt in Oct 2025. Addressing reporters after Thursday’s meeting, UDF convener Adoor Prakash said the govt would decide which educational…
Kerala excise minister M Liju T’puram: The state govt will soon initiate consultations and preparatory work for a new liquor policy, with excise minister M Liju saying the UDF administration intends to adopt a socially responsible approach that differs from the previous LDF govt’s policy.Addressing reporters, Liju said that the LDF’s liquor policy was designed…
CPM state secretary M V Govindan Thiruvananthapuram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan on Friday accused chief minister V D Satheesan of adopting a policy of “double standards” on issues ranging from the PM SHRI scheme and mineral sand mining to the state’s liquor policy.Govindan told reporters in New Delhi that the CM’s reply to…
Thiruvananthapuram: The decision to grant tax relief to low-alcohol beverages is snowballing into a controversy within both the govt and the Congress, amid indications that CM V D Satheesan did not discuss the proposal either in the cabinet or within the party before it was announced in the budget.Excise minister M Liju is learnt to…
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan Thiruvananthapuram: Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan said govt decision to cut tax on low-alcohol liquor is dubious. “It serves commercial interests of liquor companies,” he said.In the budget, a major announcement was reduction in tax on alcohol. Liquor made from spirit currently attracts 251% tax in the state. However, citing “lower strength”,…
M V Govindan said UDF govt’s budget was hollow Thiruvananthapuram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan said the budget speech of Chief Minister V D Satheesan was an open declaration of the UDF govt’s plans to open all sectors to private capitalists. Govindan said the budget sought to placate corporates but failed to address the…
Chief minister V D Satheesan said a detailed project report will be prepared through an expert agency to map out the necessary infrastructure and formulate the requisite administrative and policy interventions T’puram: The UDF govt’s budget has allocated Rs 50 crore for the setting up of a Southern Kerala Economic Corridor, covering Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and…
An allocation of Rs 2,076 crore was set aside for the health sector in the budget T’puram: The state govt has announced a series of major healthcare initiatives, including the launch of the ‘One Kerala Karuthal Mission’, a healthcare financial assistance scheme; a universal health insurance scheme named after later chief minister Oommen Chandy; and…
Pinarayi Vijayan holds a news confreance on Friday T’puram: Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan criticized state govt’s budget, accusing CM and FM V D Satheesan of abandoning welfare commitments, diluting key policies of previous LDF govt and promoting the interests of private sector. Vijayan alleged that govt had created an impression that Kerala was facing a…
Under the revised rates, electric vehicles priced up to Rs 10 lakh will attract a road tax of 3%, down from the existing 5% Govt announced significant revisions in road tax rates for electric vehicles (EVs) in Kerala budget presented on Friday, introducing a price-based tax structure aimed at promoting the adoption of affordable EVs…
