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Committee on the Welfare of Youth and Youth Affairs has called for immediate appointment all who have been advised for jobs in government service Public Service Commission (PSC).

In its report presented to the Assembly on Wednesday, the Committee also recommended action against heads of department who failed to report vacancies in time.

Kerala government has failed to achieve revenue and fiscal deficit targets envisaged under the Kerala Fiscal Responsibility (Amendment) Act, 2011 during the last four years, says the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on State finances for the year ended March 31, 2015.

Total expenditure of the State almost doubled during the last five years and share of revenue expenditure in total expenditure was above 90 per cent during the last four years. Liability on interest payments showed a higher growth due to mounting of liability in open market borrowings.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Opposition disrupted the proceedings of Kerala Assembly on Thursday also, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House briefly.

The Assembly on Tuesday referred the Kerala Anganwadi Workers’ and Anganwadi Helpers’ Welfare Fund and the Kerala Land Tax (Amendment) Bill to the subject committees concerned.
Minister for Social Welfare M. K. Muneer, who piloted the Welfare Fund Bill, said that it was a revolutionary legislation. The Bill seeks to accord statutory status to Welfare Fund Board for anganwadi workers and helpers.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the Assembly on Tuesday that additional resources for implementation of his Budget for next year would have to be found by the new government.

Replying to the debate on the final supplementary demands for grants for the current year, the Chief Minister said that Budget did not speak of new sources of revenue as the State was going to polls shortly. It was for the new government to decide on resource mobilisation.