THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Finance Minister Dr Thomas Isaac while presenting the budget said ten kilograms of rice will be given to 50 lakh blue and white card holders for Rs 15 per kilo. An Integrated Expatriate Employment Scheme for NRIs who have lost their jobs was announced and an amount of Rs 100 crore has been set apart for the project. An amount of Rs 30 crore has been announced for relief activities. Elderly taking medicines for lifestyle diseases will be delivered home.
Tax relief for vehicles operating in the field of palliative care
Kerala lottery prize money to be increased
Concessions on stamp duty and registration
Amendment in Money Lending Act
No other state lottery will be allowed
Will prevent lottery mafia
Flood cess will not continue
New offices to develop infrastructure of tax department
5 crore for Transgenders’ Mazhavillu project
Rs 50 crore for conversion of KSRTC buses to CNG
Financial assistance to organizations including Kudumbasree for prevention of violence against women
KTDC Hotel with 100 rooms in Munnar. Profit for KSRTC
Pazhassi Tribal College will be started in Wayanad
Medical College in Wayanad
Policy will be formulated to create eco-friendly buildings
250 crore for rooftop solar panels
Subsidy of Rs 25,000 to 30,000 to 10,000 e-autos
Use of e-vehicles to be encouraged
Council will be formulated in finance institutions of the state
Insurance cover for KSFE chitty
159 crore for cooperative sector
Administrative sanction of Rs 7192 crore for flood reconstruction
Govt will bear half of the expenses of the construction of Sabari road. 2000 crore from KIIFB
Nine crore for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode light metros
Rs 31 crore for the welfare of backward classes in forward community
Transgrid project worth Rs 10,000 crore
Journalists' pension increased by Rs 1000
Press Club in capital city to accommodate women journalists
Rs 50 lakh for Soorya Festival
Will protect Sugathakumari's house in Aranmula
Five crore for memorial of M P Veerendra Kumar in Kozhikode
Raja Ravi Varma Square near Kilimanoor private bus stand
Four crore for Malayalam Mission
Cinema post production centre in Kadavanthra
Rs three core for promotion of women directors, Rs two crore for scheduled caste directors
Honorarium of school councillors increased to Rs 24,000
33 crore for sports council
An increase of Rs 1000 in allowance of pre-primary ayahs
150, 000 houses to be constructed via Life Mission
1000 Haritha Samridhi wards
House for 52,000 scheduled castes
Neerthada projects to be expanded on Kattakada-Taliparamba model
38 crore for homeopathy sector
78 crore for Ayurveda sector
Nursing courses in Paripally and Manjeri Medical Colleges
71 crore for regional cancer centre
Karunya health care scheme has been expanded
An increase of Rs 1000 in Asha workers allowance
Daily allowance for cooks has been increased by Rs 50
120 crore for school infrastructure development
Coconut clusters owned by farmers
One crore fruit trees will be planted every year
Self-sufficiency in vegetables, milk and eggs within two years
Honorarium of all people's representatives increased by Rs 1000
150 crore for Chithranjali development and other cultural centres
