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Thursday, Jul 17, 2025
Finance Department officials say that compared to last fiscal, the additional expenditure necessitated by Onam crossed Rs 6500 crore.
Those government employees, who are not entitled to receive a bonus, would get Rs 2,750 as a special festival allowance.
Several committees have recommended the government to revise salaries once in 10 years instead of the current five years.
On Wednesday, Finance minister Balagopal said that small traders should not use removal of GST exemptions to jack up prices of essential commodities.
The Centre had earlier rejected Kerala’s claims that the Rs 14,000 crore borrowings under KIIFB and KSSPL are not direct debt for the State.
Days after Sitharaman mentioned that Oppn-ruled states had given their nod for imposing 5% GST on certain unbranded packaged food items, Balagopal said it was only a 'technical claim'.
Balagopal said CAG was ignoring the social and economic relevance of the entities that make these borrowings termed as off-budget by the CAG.
It is mandatory for all employees and pensioners to join the scheme.
Lise Talbot Barre, Consul General of France in Pondicherry and Chennai, who is also in-charge of Kerala, is on a three-day visit of Kerala.
The excise duty cut will translate into a reduction of Rs 9.48 a litre on petrol in Kochi and Rs 7.42 per litre on diesel after taking into account its impact on other levies.
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