KERALA FINANCE MINISTER

Special Kerala Assembly session on December 23 to discuss farm laws

Finance Minister Thomas Isaac in a tweet said: "Kerala cabinet decided to convene a special session of the legislative assembly on 23rd Dec...

Kerala, West Bengal take borrowing option to meet GST compensation shortfall

The amount of additional borrowing permission granted to 25 states and the amount of funds raised through special window and released to 23...

Bar bribery case: Hotelier flays Kerala Chief Minister, Congress leader; wants probe by central agencies

The allegations come days after the CPI(M)-led LDF government sought permission from the Governor and Assembly speaker to launch a vigilanc...

CAG report on KIIFB: Thomas Isaac alleges conspiracy against Kerala

Describing as one-sided the CAG finding that the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB)'s borrowing model was unconstitutional...

Kerala Finance minister hits out at CAG for faulting Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board

Corporate bodies of the central government have also availed such loans,he claimed. The CAGobservation that KIIFB violates Article 293(1) o...

GST compensation shortfall: Kerala may take Option 1 under protest

“If there’s no other option then we will also accept, but under protest and we will continue to raise the issue at the GST Council… There w...

Kerala: Opposition steps up attack on P Vijayan govt over arrest of Bineesh, Sivasankar

The opposition Congress and the BJP in Kerala continued their protests on Friday seeking the resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan...

Gold smuggling case: Suspended IAS officer taken into ED custody; Oppn demand CM's resignation

Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar, facing probe in the Kerala gold smuggling case, was taken into custody by the ED from a hospital in Thi...

Centre should take initiative in settling GST borrowing quantum issue: Kerala FM

"Having come half way through for amicable settlement on issue of who should borrow, centre now should take initiative to settle remaining ...

Kerala can leapfrog into a new world by 2030 if it transforms economy beyond conventional bounds: Chidambaram

The senior Congress leader said the state should transform to a knowledge-based economy by embracing Information and Communications Technol...

Act of god or man, full compensation must be paid: Thomas Isaac, Kerala Finance Minister

Kerala had factored in a 14% growth in GST revenue in its budget and accepting any cut in that would mean a cut in expenditure, said the mi...

Kerala rejects Centre's proposal of borrowing by states to meet GST revenue shortfall

The Centre and opposition-ruled states like Punjab, Kerala, Delhi and West Bengal, are at loggerheads over the financing of the Rs 2.35 lak...

Do not force shift to central digital platforms, says Kerala government

The Kerala Government has expressed its reservations over being asked to onboard its local government accounts onto the Centre’s new digita...

Congress-led UDF organises online protests demanding Kerala Chief Minister's resignation

While Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, participated in the protest from his official residence-- Cantonment house, KPCC president Mull...

Kerala FM Thomas Issac lambasts Centre for fuel price hike

The minister pointed out that the hike has been made in special excise duty, which would deny any share of the hike to the states."If it wa...

Kerala demands special package for small scale industries

The CM added that the State Government will try to bring together the banks and industries to make effective interventions that will benefi...

Kerala finance minister presents budget with 15 % higher expenditure

The state was able to collect GST revenue of Rs 15030 crore till December 2019, in the place of Rs 28416 crore applying 14% growth rate tak...