The budget for 2025-26 comes against the backdrop of three uncertainties. First, the national growth rate is slowing down ...

The long-winded budget speech of Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal came as a surprise given his earlier performances.  While it ...

Presenting the budget, Kerala Finance Minister Balagopal said the state has survived the most intense phase of financial ...

FM Balagopal, bogged down by the state’s worsening finances, presented a budget that is neither populist nor imaginative. He ...

Kerala Chief Minister defends Budget 2025-26 as a strategic plan for sustainable development and social welfare in the state.

The finance minister's claims of a rebounding state economy contradict the decision to slash Plan funds by 50%. Despite the ...

BJP State president criticizes Kerala Budget 2025-26 as dispiriting, lacking coherent plan, and ignoring key sectors and ...

Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal began his budget speech on Friday, February 7, by declaring the state had “overcome the ...

A weak fiscal position has been a long-standing issue in Kerala. As mentioned in the budget speech, there is a realisation ...

A total of ₹65 crore has been earmarked in this year's budget for the development of non-major ports, including Ponnani, as ...

Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal, in his budget speech on Friday, revealed that metro trains will soon run in Kozhikode, ...

The Kerala government's 2025-26 budget, presented by Finance Minister K N Balagopal, emphasizes infrastructure development, ...