Takeaways from Kerala Budget 2025

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The budget speech was held on 7th February by the Financial Minister of Kerala K N Balagopal in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The Economic Review report was presented in the Assembly on February 7, 2023. This is Mr Balagopal’s fifth Budget after taking over as Kerala’s Finance Minister. Budget National Budget Article  Major Announcements from the Budget Speech  GSDP rate- 2024-25 -  11.77%  GSDP- ₹ 13,11,437 crore Public Debt- ₹40,848.21 crore Revenue Deficit- 2.1% ₹750 Crore for Wayanad Relief Package Expected  growth rate Local Self-Government-  ₹ 15,980.41 crore  LSG General Purpose-  ₹ 2,577 crore Kerala Climate Resilient Agri Value Chain Modernisation Project:  ₹ 2,365 crore Removal of river sand from the Bharatapuzha, Chaliyar, and Kadalundi rivers will be resumed Six-lane highway construction to be completed by December 31, 2025 Pilgrimage tourism in Kozhenchery-  ₹ 3 crore Sabarimala Master Plan-  ₹ 1033.62crore KSEB...
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The Recent Updates in India and around the World with Aswin Shanil

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Greetings to all listeners and readers!!

News is just a sentence without any context, often updates don't mean anything and they just fly past our eyes while reading it. Understanding news, decluttering it and having your opinion on the same is what makes you an informed person. 

 The mic was used for recording. 

About the Guest

We have a guest for the podcast- Aswin Shanil

The panellist is proficient in Geopolitics, International Relations, Law and policy. He has been closely following world politics, history, legal issues, policy challenges etc. and also studying them. He has agreed to share views and insights to share with you, the audience. 

Summary of the podcast 

Generally, these topics aren’t much available in the mainstream media, because they are believed hard to crack and don't address the basics. But, through our podcasts, we disprove this misconception that these cannot be understood by common people. We explain in simple terms various subtopics under this vast topic in the form of conversational and discussion styles. Everything is easy to follow and understandable in the episode. 

May and June were filled with a lot of newsworthy issues, starting from K-Rail Silverline, Thrikkakara bye-elections, law and order issues, hate speeches, post-election issues in the Congress party, issues of blasphemy, OIC vs India confrontation, the WEF at Davos and the Quad Summit. 

Aswin Shanil and Jairam R Prabhu converse on the latest developments on the respective issues and pass on both facts and opinions without disturbing your understanding of the issue. Stay tuned for more such episodes. 

We cover in detail the following topics-
  1. Introduction to the new initiative 
  2. K-Rail Silverline Project
  3. Thrikkakara Bypoll
  4. Polarisation in Kerala with the entry of PFI and recent developments
  5. The decline of the congress party in India
  6. Nupur Sharma blasphemy issue
  7. OIC against India
  8. Russia-Ukraine- Food Inflation, Crude Oil
  9. Quad 
  10. Feedback 

Where can you find the podcast?

If you are a regular consumer of a podcast you will be very well aware of the various platforms used to hear them. Some platforms allow you to listen without logging in while some others require compulsory logging in. 

As you know the most popular app is Spotify. Here is the Spotify frame. 

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