Kerala

The Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme  (AUEGS), which virtually reached the 35 lakh workdays for the 100 crores that the State government earmarked this year for the scheme, seeks to reach 50 lakh person-days of employment this year. Furthermore, it is proposed that the project’s work be done in a ...

The Kerela government has come up with a New Minority Allocation Scheme (NMAS) for the students of Kerela. This scheme aims to provide financial aid to these students so that they can pursue their education or undergo vocational/technical training without any financial obstacles. The larger goal is to uplift the ...

A happiness indeed for labour of kerala as minimum wages will be Rs.600 per day. Thats called pursuit of happiness which is given by LDF government. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement on Thursday that the policy seeks to ensure the welfare and social security of workers along ...

The Finance Department on Friday published the guidelines for the government’s Education Loan Repayment Scheme. The scheme is applicable to education loans not exceeding Rs 9 lakh, and to students whose family income does not exceed Rs 6 lakh per annum. The income ceiling is Rs 9 lakh for differently-abled students ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The much thought out scheme to ensure ‘menstrual hygiene’ among girls, the `She Pad’ scheme for school students across Kerala was announced by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday. The scheme intends to provide sanitary napkins for girl students in all government schools and the government has announced Rs ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government today announced an education loan repayment scheme to help students from financially backward families. The scheme is to provide relief to debt-ridden families, who had taken education loans for their wards, State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said while making a statement under Rule 300 in the ...

Scripting a new chapter in the country’s transport sector which moves towards clean fuel, India’s first liquefied natural gas-driven bus has been launched in Kerela. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan jointly flagged off the first pilot run of the eco-friendly bus ...

NEW DELHI: Kerala has become the third Open Defecation Free (ODF) state in the country. The announcement was made on the state’s foundation day. Earlier, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim had declared themselves Open Defecation Free. “Kerala has become an ODF state,” Drinking Water and Sanitation Secretary Parameswaran Iyer said. He ...

Kerala State Entrepreneur Development Mission (KSEDM) is an ambitious scheme of the state government instil entrepreneurship among the youth through selecting persons with aptitude, providing thorough training and help them to avail finance easily from Banks/Financial Institutions. Eligibility criteria: The promotion of a unit must be done by a group (preferably 5 ...

Kochi is finally going to be a smart city as the first phase of the SmartCity project will be inaugurated today. The project inauguration will consist of around 6.5 lakh sq ft. IT tower. The project is a joint venture between the Government of Kerala and Dubai based Tecom Investments ...