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Kerala finance minister creates history for marathon Budget speech

Kerala Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac delivered a marathon speech spanning 3 hours and 17 minutes

Kerala FM slams Centre over farm laws, hikes MSP for paddy in budget

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac began the presentation of the budget by criticising the Centre over farm laws, stating that the Centre is pursuing "neo-liberal policies and is helping corporates in the name of reforms".Presenting the final budget of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, Isaac hiked Minimum Support Price (MSP) for rubber to Rs 170, paddy to Rs 28 and coconut to Rs 31, which is other than the MSP declared earlier for 16 crops that include vegetables and fruits.The Minister started his speech with a poem written by Class 7 student -- Sneha from Palakkad on combating COVID-19 situation.Starting with welfare schemes, Isaac announced a surge in the welfare pension to Rs 1,600 and promised 8 lakh new jobs. He also promised 20 lakh jobs creation in digital platforms within 5 years.Despite the ongoing troubles with the Comptroller and Auditor General (C & AG) related to the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board, the Minister ...

Kerala suffered Rs 1.56 trn revenue loss due to pandemic: FinMin Isaac

Kerala has suffered a revenue loss of Rs 1.56 trillion due to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, state Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac said on Thursday.

Strict action being taken to prevent drug abuse in Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan

Strict action is being taken to prevent drug abuse in the state with the joint effort of various law enforcement agencies, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday

Kerala gets its first Covishield vaccine consignment from Serum Institute

The first consignment of Covidshield vaccine from Pune-based Serum Insititute of India arrived at the Cochin international airport here on Wednesday morning to combat Covid-19, official sources said

Kerala to get first consignment of over 400,000 vaccines on January 13

Kerala will receive the first consignment of doses of Covishield on Wednesday from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India

Kerala Assembly session from Jan 8, state Budget 2021-22 on Jan 15

The state Budget for 2021-22 will be presented in the Assembly on January 15, the Kerala government announced after a Cabinet meeting on Friday. The Budget Session will begin on January 8

Kerala waives entertainment tax for movie theatres to revive sector

50 per cent reduction in the fixed charges on electricity during the lockdown period since March last year was also announced

Kerala coronavirus update: 5,528 people test Covid positive on Saturday

Kerala saw 5,528 people test Covid positive on Saturday, the state government said

Bird flu confirmed in 7 states, test reports from elsewhere awaited

Bird flu has been confirmed in seven states of the country so far, namely Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh

Kerala govt permits reopening of spas, ayurvedic resorts after months

State Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said the order was issued to reopen the spas and Ayurvedic resorts in the state which were closed in the wake of outbreak of coronavirus

Kerala Governor remarks on agriculture reforms a 'farce', says BJP

Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party President K. Surendran called the governor's remarks 'out of reality'

Kerala governor criticises Centre's contentious agriculture reforms

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Friday flayed the contentious farm laws passed by the Centre

Bird flu: Centre asks all states to be prepared for any eventuality

The Centre on Thursday said bird flu has been confirmed only in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh so far, but all states should be prepared for any eventuality. States have been told to ensure sufficient stock of PPE kits and accessories required for culling operations. They have also been asked to create awareness among public that it is safe to consume poultry products after following boiling/cooking procedures. The Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying held a meeting with the states to understand the status of the outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) and to suggest measures for control, containment and prevention of spread of the disease, an official statement said. An unusual mortality of poultry, crows, migratory birds has been reported from Kerala, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. "So far, the disease has been confirmed only from four states (Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh). Culling ..

Govt asks 4 states, which account for 59% of active cases, to check surge

Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal have been asked to take prompt steps o curb recent spike in Covid-19 cases

870,000 expats returned to Kerala, more than half due to job loss: Report

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a whopping 870,000 expatriates from Kerala to return home, most of them from the Gulf, since last May

Kerala Covid vaccination second dry run at 46 centres on Friday

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja has said that preparations for the second dry run for Covid vaccination in the state are almost complete

Health Ministry deploys teams to bird flu affected areas in Kerala, Haryana

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deployed multi-disciplinary teams to help contain bird flu

Centre directs states, UTs to take possible steps for containing bird flu

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Tuesday directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to take all possible steps for containing the spread of the disease

Five states confirmed bird flu cases till now: MoS Sanjeev Balyan

Governments Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala have reported cases on bird flu till now, Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture and Food Processing, Sanjeev Balyan said