Kerala Budget 2025-26: Smart Moves to Tame Fiscal Deficit
Kerala’s 2025-26 budget outlines clear strategies to shrink the fiscal deficit to 3.2% of GSDP (₹45,039 crore) from 3.5% the prior year, blending revenue boosts with spending discipline. Revenue-Boosting Initiatives A 50% hike in basic land revenue rates across all slabs, plus steeper road taxes on vehicles over 15 years,
Kerala Budget 2025-26 Empowers Healthcare with Record Investments
Kerala’s 2025-26 budget channels ₹10,431 crore into healthcare, a strategic hike that bolsters medical infrastructure and public health amid rising lifestyle diseases and emergency demands. Expanded Emergency Services Advanced life support ambulances under the 108 service receive ₹80 crore to deploy 335 units statewide, ensuring faster critical care response. Cath
Kerala Budget 2025-26: Modest Tax Hikes Target Land, Vehicles for Revenue Boost
Kerala’s 2025-26 state budget implemented selective tax increases expected to generate an additional ₹100 crore, emphasizing land revenue and older vehicles to support infrastructure without broad-based levies. Major Tax Adjustments Land revenue basic tax rates across all categories were raised by 50%, correcting historically low levels to channel funds into
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
