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Thiruvananthapuram: Fisheries Minister J. Mercykutty Amma told the Assembly on Monday that government had appointed a committee with experts to recommend on amendments to the Kerala Marine Fishing Regulation Act.
The committee will examine further measures for conservation of fishes, licensing of fishing boats and compulsory training to fishermen, among other things.
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Kerala Assembly unanimously passed the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday.
The Bill seeks to enable the Fund Board to employ new fund mobilisation methods to finance infrastructure development measures announced in the revised Budget for the current year.
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BJP member O. Rajagopal walked out of the Assembly on Wednesday saying that the government was taking bomb blast in Malappuram and attempts to foment communal tensions lightly.
The BJP member staged the walkout after the Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan denied permission to move an adjournment motion given notice of by P. Ubaidulla (Muslim League).
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Kerala Assembly observed the 60th anniversary of Kerala Formation with a special sitting on Tuesday, 1st of November 2016.
Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan said in felicitation speech that wider concord that dimmed differences led to the formation of Kerala.
V. S. Achuthanandan demanded that the farce of keeping media away from courts should be ended
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Health Minister K. K. Shylaja said in the Assembly that the government proposed to implement an emergency medical scheme, focussing on establishment of trauma care units at the taluk level.
Intervening in the discussion on road safety initiated by K. S. Sabarinadan (Congress) as a matter of urgent public importance, the Minister said that the next meeting of the Road Safety Authority would consider the scheme.
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