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Apparently eyeing the upcoming Assembly elections, Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) unveiled a people-focused Budget for 2026-27, promising a monolithic ₹14,500 -crore boost to assistance societal information pensioners and money a bid of caller assemblage programmes.
Presenting the 2nd Pinarayi Vijayan-led government's sixth Budget successful the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Balagopal announced that the honorarium of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and Anganwadi workers has been hiked by ₹1,000 per period and that of Anganwadi helpers by ₹500.
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The wage of pre-primary teachers and literacy ngo motivators has been accrued by ₹1,000 per period and the regular wages of schoolhouse cooking unit person been raised by ₹25 per day, helium said.
The Budget besides announced ₹3,700 crore for the Chief Minister's Stree Suraksha Scheme.
Besides that, an summation successful allocation for the agrarian employment strategy by ₹1,000 crore arsenic compared to erstwhile years, beingness and wellness security schemes for each categories of people, including schoolhouse children, and escaped grade acquisition for students successful arts and subject colleges were besides announced successful the Budget.
The Budget besides announced an allocation of ₹100 crore for the archetypal works successful transportation with the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod that was fixed in-principle support by the State Cabinet connected Wednesday.
It besides announced astir ₹150 crore for the improvement of the coastal region.
The Budget besides announced implicit ₹250 crore for wood and wildlife protection.
Slams Centre
In the Budget speech, Mr. Balagopal criticised the Central government, alleging that the Centre is "strangling" Kerala and cutting down its taxation revenues. "Despite terrible neglect, Kerala has progressed," the Minister said.
