Thiruvananthapuram: By March, the process of tax collection from public and mutation of property will go fully online in all villages in the state, governor P Sathasivam said in his policy address in the assembly.
All the certificates issued by village officers will be in digital form and linked to the digital locker too. A special legislation will be brought out to ensure minimum wages to the teachers working in private unaided schools, he said in his address.
Other announcements:
• All government services that include payments and issuance of certificates will go online
• Online approval for building construction at town and local body establishments
• Multilevel parking at leading business centres in main cities
• Kerala Bank to be set up this year
• KSRTC will be revamped in a timely manner
• Digital survey to be outsourced in 1664 villages
• Tax subsidy to buildings that follow green norms
• All treasuries to have customer convenience centres
• Cooperative consortium to collect and distribute paddy and rice
• Use of electric vehicles will be promoted
• Charging centres on national highways and main cities
• Mapping of Kerala products
• An advisory committee and social audit society to implement food security act
• All districts to have customer information desks
• School libraries to be digitized
• Biodiversity parks to be set up at 1200 schools
• To improve the stature of universities, government arts and science colleges and polytechnics with the help of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board
• All higher education institutions to have student amenity centres
• Thiruvananthapuram College of Engineering to launch student satellite
• 10 new ITIs to be set up
• All ITIs to be developed to international standards
• Integrated development of 1,000 SC villages under the Dr Ambedkar Village Development Project
• Gothrabandu project to ensure education for ST students
• 500 new social study rooms
• Awards to recognise workers
• Awas health insurance for migrant workers
• Revival package for the plantation sector
• Women's hostel and creches in industrial parks and estates
• Cancer care strategy
• DNA sequencing centre at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College
• Fire and rescue rural assistant divisional offices in five corporations
• Sports infrastructure management services company
• 'Naattrangu' cultural corridor in villages and towns
• AKG memorial museum in Dharmadam
• Digitization of Padmanabhaswami temple records
• Big projects to solve water shortage in Kuttanad and Kollam
• Asramam in Kollam and Kalashamala in Thrissur to be made biodiversity heritage centres
3D map to predict disasters
The governor also announced the setting up of a 3D map to analyse the possibility of dangers along the Kerala coast and map zones that are vulnerable to natural disasters in the wave of the destruction caused by the Ockhi cyclone.
To aid fishermen, a satellite-based navigation and weather forecast system will be set up with the help of ISRO.
Other announcements
• Safety equipment to be mandatory in fishing vessels
• Streamlining of the fishing boats movements along with the details of workers
• New fishing harbours in select places
• River-sea terminals in Kodungallur and Kayamkulam to integrate coastal and inland waterways transport
• 500 village offices will have citizen support desks
• Digitization of deeds and plan to preserve registration documents that are over 100 years old
• Land laws will be updated
• Online integrated enterprises solution model to provide all services of local bodies online
• Malabar river cruise project by linking seven rivers of northern Malabar
• Portal for online clearance in industrial and commercial department
• Commerce mission to promote trade activities
• A permanent centre to promote trade fairs
• City gas distribution plan to be expanded
• Modern deaddiction centre in Kinalur in Kozhikode
• A joint venture in Thonnakkal to produce medical equipment at a lower cost
