Kerala Budget 2025-26 vs 2024-25: Sectoral Shifts amid Fiscal Tightening
Kerala’s 2025-26 budget increased total expenditure by 11% to ₹1,98,582 crore from 2024-25 revised estimates, maintaining welfare dominance at 42-44% of spending while trimming agriculture and education. Revenue grew 15%, with fiscal deficit targeted lower at 3.2% of GSDP, reflecting efficiency amid rising committed costs like pensions. Key Sectoral Changes
Kerala Budget 2026-27: Sector-Wise Allocations and Highlights
Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal presented the 2026-27 state budget on January 29, 2026, crossing the ₹2 trillion milestone amid fiscal pressures and welfare focus. The allocations prioritize social security, with ₹14,500 crore for pensions and pay hikes for frontline workers, drawing from ongoing budget previews and prior year trends.
Kerala Budget 2026: Major Welfare Boost with ₹14,500 Crore for Pensions, Worker Pay Hikes
Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal presented the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government’s final budget on January 29, 2026, allocating ₹14,500 crore for social security pensions and hiking monthly wages by ₹1,000 each for anganwadi and ASHA workers. The budget also sets aside ₹400 crore for the Chief Minister’s Connect Work Scholarship scheme
Purposeful Living – The often-misunderstood term
It’s a humongous term, said one lady to the other while they were sipping coffee at the latest café which has opened in the city limits. Lifelong learning, discipline and purposeful living, aren’t these terms too stressful? Is it really? The difficulty level is not high, as all of these
VUCA-A business buzzword or a lived reality?
It’s a common emotion now. People feel unsettled even when they are doing everything right. Hence, VUCA no longer remains a word entitled to the business world. It is ours as we are quietly living it. In its depth, each alphabet of VUCA stands for four aspects – Volatility, Uncertainty,
The Joy of being in a relationship
There is more to a relationship than love. Research suggests the high -voltage impact it has on one’s mental state of health on a daily basis. And if the relationship is more peaceful and understanding, then the joy it gives is like a double lottery. So, are we ready to
“Study-With-Me” Videos and their Magic of Making Learning Feel Like a Hangout
Are you the kind of person who often hits the wall while studying and then stares into the page without even an ounce of motivation? Then, the new “Study with Me” trend has got you covered. It will keep you company for long hours and help you lay off distractions
Iyashi-kei-eiga: The Quiet Force of Healing in Naoko Ogigami’s Rent a Cat
Sayako often speaks of an emptiness within people, a hole that yearns to be filled. And she discovers a beautiful solution for that: renting out cats to lonely souls, holding onto the hope that the hole in our hearts will slowly begin to mend. Naoko Ogigami’s Rent a Cat
Why Everyone Can’t Be Ronaldo
A story of diligence, Ronaldo’s rise to the momentum of strength and power rests in the extraordinary perseverance of a boy who wanted to succeed at any cost. We can dream of the impossible and achieve, as ‘Nike’ says, but to reach Ronaldo’s stature one requires the strong genes he
From an Intense, Sizzling romance to a Domestic Tragedy; What is Eva Baltasar’s Boulder?
Boulder means a large rock, typically one that has been worn smooth by erosion. Eva Baltasar’s Boulder features an unnamed protagonist, a woman who is called “Boulder” by her lover. The title metaphorically gives away the central theme of the novel. Like a large boulder, Baltasar’s central character, who is
