In pictures: Kerala Budget 2019 | Highlights
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Sabarimala gets Rs 739cr budget bonanza
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TVPM-Kasaragod in 4 hours! Isaac brings in fast rail corridor in budget
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Flood cess likely to strain family budgets
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NORKA to be tasked with bringing back bodies of expats
MDF that was in the forefront with continuous campaign for bringing the bodies free said it was happy with the...
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Movies, booze & much more | Check out the items that got pricier
The finance minister also slapped 1% flood cess on items under 12%, 18%, 28% GST slabs.
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Calamity cess no excuse to sell above MRP: Thomas Isaac
His logic is that the sellers could easily absorb the 'calamity cess' without having to pass it on to consumers.
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Each family in Kerala to have health coverage of Rs 5 lakh from May
The finance minister said that the state's insurance coverage would be an improvement on Ayushman Bharat scheme,...
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Kerala Budget 2019: Welfare schemes galore, Isaac targets revenue generation | Highlights
Prices of most of the electronic equipment, construction items, automobiles and beauty products will increase.
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Kerala budget | Govt slaps 1% flood cess on items in 12-18-28% GST slabs
Rs 100 crore has been set aside for the Nava Kerala mission and 25 new projects will be announced.
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Flood effect: Economic Review wants deficit targets relaxed
Fiscal consolidation will have to wait when the reconstruction of the state is on.
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Special budget package likely for rebuilding Kerala
Issac hopes to generate an extra income of Rs 500 crore by levying an additional cess of one per cent over the Goods...
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Isaac to spare liquor and fuel from tax hike
Kerala government is unlikely to raise taxes on cash cows liquor and fuel in the upcoming financial year.
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Where is the money? Thomas Isaac's biggest challenge
The one per cent GST cess that he would impose from April this year would fetch him not more than Rs 1,000 crore this...
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Kerala flood cess to be levied on product prices, luxury items to cost more
Since the cess will be applicable only in Kerala, tax evasion tactics involving buying products from outside the...
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Rs 2,000 cr coastal development project still on the drawing board
The last State Budget had followed the Cyclone Ockhi that devastated the Kerala coast and aptly a special package for...
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Only 10% of Rs 1,638 cr outlay for major projects spent so far
The funds earmarked for the Monorail project could not be spent as the project still continues to be haunted by...
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Rs 40 lakh GST exemption limit to bleed the state of Rs 250-300 crore
The data collected by the Department of Economics and Statistics shows that there are 13.24 lakh units in the...
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Weak borders to bleed Kerala of Rs 3,000-4000cr GST revenue
The introduction of Goods and Service Tax has transformed Kerala into a haven of sorts for tax dodgers.
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Wish list for Thomas Isaac ahead of post-flood Budget
When Finance Minister Thomas Isaac presents the Budget on January 31, he will do it in the most unusual of...
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No flood cess for traders having turnover below Rs 1.50 cr Isaac
Isaac also said that after the GST (Goods and Services Tax) returns are filed, traders who evaded taxes would be...