2017-18
Social Security
- Social security pensions to cover all above 60 years of age excluding service pensioners, income tax payers and farmers owning more than two acres
- Welfare pensions to be raised to Rs. 1100 a month
- Amnesty scheme for VAT arrears of traders
- Rs. 30 crore for drought relief
Infrastructure Development
- Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board to clear investment of Rs. 15000 cr this month.
- Funding of infrastructure Development outside Budget to continue
- Fresh projects costing Rs. 25000 crore to be undertaken by KIIFB next year
- Coastal highway: construction to start next year
- KIIFB to invest in hill highway (Rs. 3500 crore)
- 12 IT hardware parks to be set up.
- Rs. 127 crore for Clean Kerala Mission
- Rs. 100 crore for modern abattoirs
Master Plan for schools
- Master plan for development of schools, Rs. 500 cr from KIIFB
- 45000 classrooms to be turned into high-tech learning centres
- More than 2500 posts of teachers to be created
- Rs. 10000 a month fellowship to 10000 artists
- Rs. 18 crore for rain harvesting
- Rs. 50000 crore to be spent for roads over five years
- Rs. 381 crore for universities in the State
Women’s safety
- Rs. 12 crore for pink control room for security of women
- Allocation of Rs.1266 crore exclusively for women
- Gender Budget restored
- Journalists’ pension increased
Package for KSRTC
- Rs. 3000 crore package for KSRTC
- KSRTC to be restructured
- Rs. 12000 crore to be mobilised from NRIs through chitties
- Allocation for revival and renovation of a number of PSUs
Pensions hiked
- NRK pension raised from Rs. 500 to Rs. 2000
- The pension to dairy farmers enhanced to Rs. 1100 a month.
- Honoraria of ASHA
workers, cooks and pre-primary
teachers are enhanced by Rs. 500
Free Internet
- Rs. 1000 crore to be spent for Internet network expansion
- Internet to be right of citizen
- Free Internet connection to 20 lakh poor families
- Rs. 100 crore for IT Mission
- Rs. 1100 crore outlay for fisheries sector
- Rs. 2100 crore outlay for agriculture sector
- Rs. 90 crore for Kasaragod package
Health Insurance
- Health insurance for government employees and pensioners
- Five per cent reservation of differently-abled in educational institutions; four per cent reservation of jobs
- Rs. 900 crore for ration subsidy
- Rs. 117 crore for computerisation of ration shops
- Rs. 200 crore for supplyco, Rs. 150 crore for Consumerfed
- Rs. 700 crore for paddy procurement
- Rs. 65 crore for expansion of Buds schools
- Rs. 10 crore for compensation to endosulfan victims
- Rs. 100 crore for smart cities. Rs. 100 crore for Amritham scheme
Total Housing Scheme:
- 1 lakh houses to be built
- 5257 posts to be created in the health sector
- Three crore trees to be planted in the State
Free medicines
- Medicines needed following organ transplants to be supplied at 10 per cent of cost.
- Free medicines for those suffering from diabetes, blood pressure and high cholesterol
- Karunya Benevolent Fund to get Rs. 350 crore