Budget Highlights

Employees working in the traditional sector to get rice for Rs 2

National Employment Guarantee scheme to be extended to urban areas

Salary revision to be brought in force this year

Pension age limit will not be increased

Rs 1000 cr for Green Fund

Rs 620 cr for women's welfare

120 CI offices to be made women friendly

Rs 1.5 cr for Landbank

Rs 2.5 cr for computerisation of Registeration dept

Rs 139 cr for tsunami rehabilitation

Rs 20 cr for new Munnaar

Rs 1058 cr for drinking water project

Financial aid of Rs 5 cr for Kudumbasree in 2010-11

New law to seize Tata land

Liquor to cost more

Tax on foreign liquor raised to 10%

More people will be employed at govt hospitals

Aid to more families under the EMS scheme

Rs15 cr for new housing scheme

Rs 67 cr for National Games

Rs 42 cr for KSRTC

More land for Karipur Airport expansion

Rs 121 cr for Shipping sector

Improving canals and waterways

Start KSFE chit projects abroad

Eight public sector units at Rs 120 cr

Rs 425 cr for the electricity sector

Rs 1000 cr for Kannur airport

Implement Smart city project

Rs 412 cr fpr development of IT sector

Rs 25 cr for the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival

LNG terminal to be commissioned in 2012

All PSUs to be made profitable this year

Rs 622 crore for Agriculture sector

New company to be set up for Highspeed corridor

Rs 82 crore for coir development

Kissan Credit card within a year

Rs 15 crore for Thrissur Agri park

Rs 52 crore for cashew development

Rs 10 cr for the new Mullaperiyar Dam

Rs 16 cr for Alapuzha Ernakulam special package

Increase in pension to Rs 300

10 cr trees will be planted within 2 years

Rs 50 cr to coir, handicrafts development

Rs 40 cr aid to Kudumbasree

Special company with 20 pc state share for Kannur airport project

Rs 1600 cr for KSTP

Rs 125 cr more for Vizhinjam project

March 5, 2010