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…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former finance minister K N Balagopal has said that the state had expected to receive a substantial Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) when the 16th Finance Commission submitted its report, adding that the denial of the grant has affected the state’s financial calculations.Balagopal said that if grants had been allocated to states following the pattern…
June 19, 2026 07:07 Kerala Budget: Fiscal health, welfare, growth in focus as Congress-led UDF govt to present Revised Budget on June 19 The Congress-led UDF government’s Revised Budget for 2026-27, to be presented by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Friday (June 19, 2026) faces the challenge of finding the middle ground between re-aligning Kerala’s…
Thiruvananthapuram: After more than a decade of planning and repeated delays, the proposed Thiruvananthapuram Metro Rail project is set to cross a key milestone. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is expected to submit the revised DPR to Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) within two weeks.KMRL MD Loknath Behera said the DPR was revised after the…
