2017-18
Social security pensions to cover all above 60 years of age excluding service pensioners, income tax payers and farmers owning more than two acres
Welfare pensions to be raised to Rs. 1100 a month
Amnesty scheme for VAT arrears of traders
Rs. 30 crore for drought relief
Infrastructure Development
Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board to clear investment of Rs. 15000 cr this month.
Funding of infrastructure Development outside Budget to continue
Fresh projects costing Rs. 25000 crore to be undertaken by KIIFB next year
Coastal highway: construction to start next year
KIIFB to invest in hill highway (Rs. 3500 crore)
12 IT hardware parks to be set up.
Rs. 127 crore for Clean Kerala Mission
Rs. 100 crore for modern abattoirs
Master Plan for schools
Master plan for development of schools, Rs. 500 cr from KIIFB
45000 classrooms to be turned into high-tech learning centres
More than 2500 posts of teachers to be created
Rs. 10000 a month fellowship to 10000 artists
Rs. 18 crore for rain harvesting
Rs. 50000 crore to be spent for roads over five years
Rs. 381 crore for universities in the State
Women’s safety
Rs. 12 crore for pink control room for security of women
Allocation of Rs.1266 crore exclusively for women
Gender Budget restored
Journalists’ pension increased
Package for KSRTC
Rs. 3000 crore package for KSRTC
KSRTC to be restructured
Rs. 12000 crore to be mobilised from NRIs through chitties
Allocation for revival and renovation of a number of PSUs
Pensions hiked
NRK pension raised from Rs. 500 to Rs. 2000
The pension to dairy farmers enhanced to Rs. 1100 a month.
Honoraria of ASHA workers, cooks and pre-primary
teachers are enhanced by Rs. 500
Free Internet
Rs. 1000 crore to be spent for Internet network expansion
Internet to be right of citizen
Free Internet connection to 20 lakh poor families
Rs. 100 crore for IT Mission
Rs. 1100 crore outlay for fisheries sector
Rs. 2100 crore outlay for agriculture sector
Rs. 90 crore for Kasaragod package
Health Insurance
Health insurance for government employees and pensioners
Five per cent reservation of differently-abled in educational institutions; four per cent reservation of jobs
Rs. 900 crore for ration subsidy
Rs. 117 crore for computerisation of ration shops
Rs. 200 crore for supplyco, Rs. 150 crore for Consumerfed
Rs. 700 crore for paddy procurement
Rs. 65 crore for expansion of Buds schools
Rs. 10 crore for compensation to endosulfan victims
Rs. 100 crore for smart cities. Rs. 100 crore for Amritham scheme
Total Housing Scheme: 1 lakh houses to be built
5257 posts to be created in the health sector
Three crore trees to be planted in the State
Free medicines
Medicines needed following organ transplants to be supplied at 10 per cent of cost.
Free medicines for those suffering from diabetes, blood pressure and high cholesterol
Karunya Benevolent Fund to get Rs. 350 crore
Noteban hit demand
Note ban hit the lives of common man as stated by writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair: Kerala Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac said, presenting Budget for 2017-18 in the Assembly.
"We have to face serious consequences of note ban."
"Demand hit."
"Banks have money, but none to avail loans."