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Kerala Budget 2016-17

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy presented the interim Kerala Budget 2016-17 on 12-02-2016.

Key highlights of Kerala Budget 2016-17
  • Rs 100 crore for building new dam in Mullaperiyar
  • Rs 500 crore for rubber farmers so as to ensure that they get Rs 150 per kg of rubber
  • Rs 40 crore for Sabarimala Master Plan
  • Rs 24.6 crore for Vizhinjam port project
  • Rs 694 crore for urban development
  • Education sector to get Rs 1330.7 crore
  • New agriculture colleges at Ambalavayal, Kumarakam and Chittoor
  • Agripolytechnic at Chennithala and nursing college at Haripad - both in Alappuzha district
  • Kasargod package worth Rs 87.98 crore, Rs 19 crore for Wayanad
  • Health sector gets Rs 1013.11 crore
  • Rs 20 crore for cancer centre in Kochi
  • Kerala State Road Transport Corporation to get CNG buses
  • New underpasses to be constructed in Pattam and Peroorkada in Thiruvananthapuram
  • LNG exempted from tax for another year.
  • Kasaragod to get Solar Park.
  • 20 per cent tax imposed for polypropylene bags.
  • Sales Tax Department will be reformed.
  • Financial aid for Hajj Committee increased to Rs 1.5 crore.
  • Govt has signed agreement with Indian Railway for rapid railway.
  • Free rice for BPL families via ration shops.



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