Saying that Kerala's public finance is in a dire state, the state's Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan on Saturday blamed the policies of the first Pinarayi Vijayan government for leading into the situation. He specifically blamed off-the-budget borrowing of the KIIFB(Kerala Infrastructure In
"Kerala is in very bad shape financially. It is financially a wreckage. There is no money to pay a pension. 70,000 pensioners have died since 2019 without getting the additional Dearness Allowance (DA). Kerala has the highest debt in the country. How can a state survive like this?" KJ Alphon
"Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal has completely failed in the management of finance source of Kerala. Actually speaking Kerala is now in debt trap. The government has no idea how to get over it. The wasteful expenditure has not been corrected. Corruption is one of the major issues in th
Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan alleged that the state Finance Minister hid the economic position of the state while the state failed to collect Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) over five years.
Kerala finance minister K N Balagopal on Wednesday slammed the central government for hiking the price of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and said, it will very seriously affect the day-to-day expenditure of poor families.
Kerala finance minister K N Balagopal Wednesday announced in the assembly that Kerala will provide Rs 10 crores for earthquake relief activities in Turkey and Syria where over 7000 people have been killed in a deadly earthquake.
Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Sunday slammed Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal over his allegations of non-allocation of complete funds to the state government, calling it a 'politically motivated campaign'.
Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal on Friday presented the budget for the 2022-23 financial year in the legislative assembly. Petrol and diesel prices will be increased by Rs 2 per litre in Kerala, said the finance minister.