Kerala Budget

Kerala Budget: Govt hikes motor vehicle, land taxes to raise funds

Aims to reduce revenue deficit, contain fiscal deficit at 3%

Kerala FM Thomas Isaac begins budget presentation with anti-CAA remarks

Students and women are at the forefront of the anti- CAA agitations and the hope of the country lies in the youth who hit the streets vowing they would not let the country down, he said

Kerala fiscal condition not looking good, lowest growth in 3 decades: Issac

State FM says trend may continue in FY20, expenditure can't be curbed since Kerala is yet to fully recover from aftermath of floods; govt pegs loss at Rs 15,000 cr

Kerala to launch e-mobility fund, targets one million e-vehicles by 2022

State capital Thiruvananthapuram to switch over completely to electric buses next fiscal, subsidy for 10,000 autorickshaws proposed

Kerala budget focuses on women safety, proposes public register

Rs 68 crore has been provided for different schemes to prevent atrocities against women

Thumbs up for green tax from automobile dealers

In a state like Kerala the emphasis is more on tourism and trading and keeping the environment clean is important for that

Congress, BJP slam LDF govt's maiden budget

Terms it as 'hogwash' and 'impractical'

Kerala budget proposes series of taxes

'Fat tax' for junk foods and 'green tax' for renewing registration of old private vehicles

New Kerala budget provides sops for diaspora

Thomas Issac presented the 'alteration memorandum' of the state budget

Kerala govt proposes Rs 12,000 crore anti-recession package in Budget

The state is facing a financial crisis due to dwindling remittances from Keralites working in the Gulf