New Delhi, Feb 2: A day after Arun Jaitley presented Union budget 2018 in Parliament, Thomas Isaac, Kerala Finance Minister tabled LDF government’s state budget on Friday. Issac hit out at Narendra Modi-led Centre and said that demonetisation move was an ‘Ockhi’ for the Indian economy. He also criticised the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and called it disappointing. (Also Read – Union Budget 2018: Key Takeaways From Arun Jaitley’s Fifth Budget)
Meanwhile, in his budget speech in Kerala Assembly, Issac promised to offer comprehensive health insurance to all in the state. He also allocated Rs 2000 crore for coastal area development and announced Rs 1267 crore for women-safety projects.
Budget 2018: Full Coverage
Here are the highlights:
- Rs 2598 crore set aside for SC/ST community welfare : FM Thomas Issac
- Contributory pension scheme for those who left out in social security schemes : FM Thomas Issac
- Public toilets to be set up for women : FM Thomas Issac
- 40,000 smart classes to be built in 4,775 schools : FM Thomas Issac
- Uber-type ambulance services to be introduced across state : FM Thomas Issac
- Oncology departments to be set up in all medical colleges : FM Thomas Issac
- Cardiology units to be set up in all district hospitals : FM Thomas Issac
- Malabar cancer center in Thalassery to be elevated to the standard of Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) : FM Thomas Issac
- Gas connections to be made available in every town through GAIL pipeline passes: FM Issac
- Rs 46 crore for Ayurveda education and Rs 23 crore for homeopathy education: FM Issac
- Monetary aid for marriages to be increased from Rs 10,000 to rs 40,000: FM Issac
- Selected ration shops to be converted to margin free shops: FM Issac