Liquor, Luxury cars to cost moreLiquor prices in the state are all set to go up with Finance Minister K.M. Mani proposing a 6 per cent cess on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). The surcharge on IMFL has also been hiked from the current 5 per cent to 10 per cent.
Luxury cars above Rs 20 lakh will also cost more as the new budget has proposed 2 per cent cess. A similar cess has also been imposed on houses with built-up area exceeding 4000 sq ft.
Organic fertilizers and pesticides will cost less. The stamp duty for partition deed has also been brought down.
Pensions to various classes have been increased from Rs. 300 to Rs. 400. Pension for journalists has been increased to Rs. 4,000.
Horticulture Corporation is allotted Rs. 20 crore to distribute the vegetables for a decent rate throughout the state. About 40 lakh families in the state have been identified to be in the BPL category.
RS 250 crore for road development.
Finance Minister KM Mani on Friday said that Rs 250 crore has been allotted for road development in Thiruvananthapuram and Rs 10.5 crore for city development.
KSRTC would get Rs. 100 crore aid for their operations. The minister also announced 1,000 new buses, 128 new low floor buses in the coming year.
For a comprehensive development and safe guarding the social security, the budget put forward a bunch of developmental recommendations in which, ten state highways would get a new face lift with a budget of Rs 1,920. The Rs 1,000 crore bypass packages would give a new shine to the roads in the state.
Rs 30 crore for the basic infrastructure development of the Kannur International Air Port terminal and the construction would be completed within two years. Rs 25 crore has been allotted for Kozhikode airport development.
The Vizhinjam terminal would be completed in two phases - Rs. 150 crore has been allotted for the completion of first phase. Rs. 186 cr has been sanctioned for Kochi Metro.
The first phase of the Sabarimala Master plan would be completed in a year and the minister has announced several developmental measures like the construction of flyovers and walkways in the temple. Rs 5 cr has been allotted for zero-waste project at Sabarimala.
Finance Minister KM Mani while presenting the budget said that four new medical college hospitals will be started in the state. The hospitals would be set up in Malappuram, Idukki, Kasargod and Pathanamthitta districts.
He said that the Women and Children hospital and Dialysis centre will be started in all districts. A Super specialty hospital will be started in Wayanad. A new scheme will be introduced to help Endosulfan victims.
He also added that the co-operative medical colleges in the state would be given Rs 10 crore.
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Heard VS Achuthanandan saying it was a 'Kottayam budget'. What right has he or the perevious LDF led govt got to make such a comment? Kottayam being one of the most prominent places in Kerala was the most neglected place during their governance. They even tried sacking what Kottayam already had. Kottayam deserves these and much more developmental initiatives.
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