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A 5% wage hike for declaration workers and regular wage earners, hikes successful compensations linked to human-wildlife conflicts and a 10% summation successful the lump-sum assistance of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe students were among the further announcements made by Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal successful transportation with the 2026-27 State Budget connected Wednesday.
Mr. Balagopal announced ₹2 crore for conducting a survey connected the feasibility of extending the projected Sabari obstruction task to Thiruvananthapuram. The Finance Minister made the announcements successful his reply to the three-day wide treatment connected the State Budget presented connected January 29.
Though helium did not specify an amount, Mr. Balagopal said steps would beryllium taken to summation the compensation fixed for harvest nonaccomplishment and nonaccomplishment of home animals successful transportation with human-wildlife conflict. The fiscal assistance provided to victims who necessitate semipermanent aesculapian attraction besides would beryllium increased, helium said.
Minister for Welfare of SC, ST and Backward Classes O.R. Kelu said that the 10% lump-sum assistance hike would payment adjacent to 8 lakh students successful the State. The hike is expected to incur an further expenditure of ₹85 crore connected the government.
Other large allocations announced by the Finance Minister included ₹30 crore for sourcing medicines for treating spinal muscular atrophy, ₹50 crore for providing terminal benefits successful the Agricultural Workers Welfare Fund Board and ₹500 hike successful the monthly salaries of ayahs of pre-primary schools.
The pension issued nether the Viswakarma Pension Scheme has been hiked from ₹1,600 to ₹2,000 and the wages of SC/ST Promoters, by ₹1,000. Mr. Balagopal besides announced ₹10 crore for an employment strategy for cashew workers who person mislaid their jobs and ₹5 crore for the payment of nonrecreational signifier and theatre artistes.
In the workplace sector, the further allocations included ₹1 crore for Horticulture Mission and ₹5 crore for the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council, Keralam (VFPCK). Mr. Balagopal besides announced ₹2 crore for the K.M. Mani Foundation, ₹6 crore for establishing a edifice absorption institute and ₹7 crore for an Infocity task successful Pala.
