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Takeaways from Kerala Budget 2026

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The budget speech was held on 29th January by the Finance Minister of Kerala, K N Balagopal, in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The Economic Review report was presented in the Assembly one day earlier on the 28th. This is Mr Balagopal’s sixth Budget after taking over as Kerala’s Finance Minister and will be the final budget of LDF 2.0 ahead of the Kerala elections 2026.  Ernakulam leads Kerala districts in income chart, Pathanamthitta posts fastest growth as per the Economic Review.  Major Announcements from the Budget Speech  GSDP rate- 2025-26 - 9.9 7%  GSDP- ₹ 6,85,28,316  crore Public Debt- ₹40,848.21 crore Revenue Deficit-  ₹34,586.66 crore or 1.9% Annual Expenditure-  ₹2,17,558.76 crore Fiscal Deficit- 3.2% Debt-GDP Ratio- 33.44% Kerala recorded a 6.19% real growth as per the economic survey.  4th-longest budget speech in the assembly.  Wayanad Package- ₹50 crore. Finance Minister says the borrowing limit of the state ha...

Is Article 14 of Indian Constitution supreme?

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Article 14 is considered to be one of the most important pillars of the Indian Constitution. It is popularly known to us as Equality before law. So, let us look into a question whether Article 14 itself is supreme or does it prevent the Government from not making other laws which may violate the so-called Equality. Article 15 and 16 follows with further classification and clarity.  Quoting the article 14-  The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. Article 14 came into a hype during the CAA protests when critics quoted it multiple times. While the defenders of CAA multiple times repeated that there is no violation of Article 14. The main essence of this article is not the article itself but the idea of what do you mean by the term "Equal". Mathematically or scientific...