Kerala polls: LDF presents ‘10th-year progress report’; Pinarayi claims 97% of 2021 manifesto promises achieved

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Monday (April 6, 2026) said that astir 97% of the 900 promises made successful the 2021 predetermination manifesto person either been fulfilled oregon are successful precocious stages of implementation, arsenic the Left Democratic Front (LDF) presented its ‘10-year advancement report’.

Addressing a property league astatine Pinarayi successful Kannur, Mr. Vijayan said that radical person “the close to cognize however acold predetermination promises person been implemented.”

The LDF authorities has been presenting yearly advancement reports since 2016. Though the 10-year study could not beryllium officially released during the predetermination play done authorities system, the LDF has present presented it to the public. The study besides summarises the 5th twelvemonth of the authorities that assumed bureau successful 2021.

Highlighting cardinal achievements, the Chief Minister said that LIFE Mission has completed 5 lakh houses. Under the Punargeham scheme, 2,782 houses and 738 flats were handed implicit to fishermen to guarantee harmless surviving conditions. Over the past decade, arsenic galore arsenic 456,689 families were granted onshore titles, resolving long-pending onshore issues, peculiarly successful Idukki and different high-range regions.

He said 64,006 families person been lifted retired of utmost poverty, making Kerala the archetypal State successful India to execute this milestone. He noted that precise fewer countries globally person eliminated utmost poorness and nary different State successful India has taken specified a step.

The authorities besides enacted the One House Protection Law to forestall the seizure of houses belonging to economically weaker families. A monthly assistance of ₹1,000 is being provided to implicit 16 lakh homemakers successful designation of their labour. Welfare enactment for inmates of orphanages and a Senior Citizens Commission has been established.

Kerala ranked 5th successful the NITI Aayog Ease of Doing Business scale owed to a favourable concern climate, helium said. Administrative services person been streamlined done K-SMART, which processed 82 lakh applications successful efficiently. The Right to Public Services Bill has ensured time-bound transportation of services arsenic a ineligible right, helium pointed out.

On employment, helium said, 3,13,200 appointments were made done the PSC Public Service Commission, with the property limits accrued to grow opportunities. Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council facilitated 2.66 lakh occupation opportunities, portion 75,376 younker received fiscal assistance nether the Connect to Workers strategy for self-employment.

In the acquisition sector, helium said that steps person been taken to instrumentality the announcement of escaped grade education. In infrastructure, the State contributed 25% of the outgo for the improvement of nationalist road 66. The elevation road and coastal road projects are progressing arsenic cardinal pillars of broad development. Construction of the Anakkampoyil passageway road, expected to alteration Wayanad’s connectivity, has besides commenced.

He further said that the Vizhinjam larboard task has reached a signifier targeting completion by 2028. For those who mislaid homes successful the Mundakai-Chooralmala landslides successful Wayanad, 178 houses person been completed and handed implicit successful a exemplary township, with the remaining nether construction.

Slams Centre for ‘lack of support’

The Chief Minister pointed retired that the State has not received capable enactment from the Centre for specified initiatives.

To fortify healthcare, modern institutions, including the Institute of Advanced Virology, person been established. For authorities employees, the assured pension strategy volition beryllium implemented from April 2026, guaranteeing 50% of the last-drawn wage arsenic pension.

A Budget allocation of ₹150 crore has been made for non-resident Keralites, on with the constitution of a dedicated constabulary presumption to code their issues. The authorities has implemented 220 recommendations of the J B Koshy Commission to guarantee equity crossed forward, backward, and number communities.

The Chief Minister said the authorities has pursued a broad improvement exemplary combining societal payment and infrastructure growth.

Emphasising the imaginativeness of Navakeralam, helium said Kerala aims to align with planetary improvement standards portion preserving bid and communal harmony. He noted that the State has remained escaped from communal conflicts implicit the past decades and stressed the request to fortify brotherhood and guarantee a nine escaped from caste and spiritual division.

Published - April 06, 2026 01:55 p.m. IST

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