Funds For Kerala

The Delhi High Court Monday said that it expected the Centre to take steps to transfer the unutilised amount of over Rs 63 crore, crowdfunded from the general public for treating an individual suffering from a rare disease, to the rare diseases fund.

The Cabinet approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs. 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

A Rs 20,000 crore Covid package, liquid oxygen plant of 150 metric tonnes capacity, Rs 1,000 crore towards Covid vaccines and no new taxes were some of the big announcements in the revised budget presented by Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal.

With just weeks to go for the Assembly polls, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac has hit out at the centre over the Enforcement Directorate filing a case against the KIIFB claiming violation of FEMA Act, for "alleged attempts to subvert elections"

After a gap of 10 years, Kerala is getting ready to receive the central funds for literacy programmes as the southern state is now part of the union government's ambitious literacy drive "Padhna Likhna Abhiyan," the reading and writing campaign.

The CBI on Friday conducted searches at two locations in Kochi after registering a case of alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act in the Kerala government's Life Mission project for providing houses for the poor, officials said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to change the norms regarding the PM CARES fund and said share weightage for the states should be allotted, considering the number of migrant workers in the respective states.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said there was nothing new in the announcement of the Centre' s allocation of more money to the states for the welfare of migrant workers and the amount allocated to the Disaster Relief Fund was just a share of the

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that he was "disappointed" with the first set of measures announced by theFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, adding that the minister "forgotbasic constraint in the economy" by focussing on the MSME sector instead of allocating funds for the poor.

Terming as "improper and unjust," a sessions court directing the accused in a case to deposit Rs 25,000 towards the Corona Relief Fund for bail, the Kerala High Court has quashed the order.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today took a swipe at the centre after it scrapped a personal fund for Members of Parliament that can be deployed for projects in their constituencies. The government's move to consolidate the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for two years comes as it looks for ways to mobilise resources to carry on the fight aga...

The centre has accused the Kerala government of not spending 50 per cent of the funds released for relief and rehabilitation purposes after the 2018 floods.

It is embarrassing to come and ask for money, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was told by counterparts from Kerala, Rajasthan, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi at a meeting in Delhi today

A year after the worst floods in almost a Century, Kerala has become the first state to impose an additional cess. Starting August 1, Kerala will be implementing 1 per cent Flood Cess, apart from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), with the aim to generate funds for rebuilding the state.

The German government has offered help in the form of grants, loans at low rates of interest and by participating in specific projects to rebuild Kerala, which was devastated after the worst ever floods in August, a diplomat said today. Addressing the media, Martin Ney, the German Ambassador to India, said Germany was ready to support the state by ...

The Delhi High Court Monday said that it expected the Centre to take steps to transfer the unutilised amount of over Rs 63 crore, crowdfunded from the general public for treating an individual suffering from a rare disease, to the rare diseases fund.

The Cabinet approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs. 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

A Rs 20,000 crore Covid package, liquid oxygen plant of 150 metric tonnes capacity, Rs 1,000 crore towards Covid vaccines and no new taxes were some of the big announcements in the revised budget presented by Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal.

With just weeks to go for the Assembly polls, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac has hit out at the centre over the Enforcement Directorate filing a case against the KIIFB claiming violation of FEMA Act, for "alleged attempts to subvert elections"

After a gap of 10 years, Kerala is getting ready to receive the central funds for literacy programmes as the southern state is now part of the union government's ambitious literacy drive "Padhna Likhna Abhiyan," the reading and writing campaign.

The CBI on Friday conducted searches at two locations in Kochi after registering a case of alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act in the Kerala government's Life Mission project for providing houses for the poor, officials said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to change the norms regarding the PM CARES fund and said share weightage for the states should be allotted, considering the number of migrant workers in the respective states.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said there was nothing new in the announcement of the Centre' s allocation of more money to the states for the welfare of migrant workers and the amount allocated to the Disaster Relief Fund was just a share of the

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that he was "disappointed" with the first set of measures announced by theFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, adding that the minister "forgotbasic constraint in the economy" by focussing on the MSME sector instead of allocating funds for the poor.

Terming as "improper and unjust," a sessions court directing the accused in a case to deposit Rs 25,000 towards the Corona Relief Fund for bail, the Kerala High Court has quashed the order.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today took a swipe at the centre after it scrapped a personal fund for Members of Parliament that can be deployed for projects in their constituencies. The government's move to consolidate the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for two years comes as it looks for ways to mobilise resources to carry on the fight aga...

The centre has accused the Kerala government of not spending 50 per cent of the funds released for relief and rehabilitation purposes after the 2018 floods.

It is embarrassing to come and ask for money, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was told by counterparts from Kerala, Rajasthan, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi at a meeting in Delhi today

A year after the worst floods in almost a Century, Kerala has become the first state to impose an additional cess. Starting August 1, Kerala will be implementing 1 per cent Flood Cess, apart from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), with the aim to generate funds for rebuilding the state.

The German government has offered help in the form of grants, loans at low rates of interest and by participating in specific projects to rebuild Kerala, which was devastated after the worst ever floods in August, a diplomat said today. Addressing the media, Martin Ney, the German Ambassador to India, said Germany was ready to support the state by ...