ONMANORAMA NEWS

Finance minister T M Thomas Isaac has mostly eyed cars, motorbikes and school buses to mop up the additional funds he is so much in need of to fund his welfare and plan schemes.

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac has just presented the fifth budget of the CPM-led LDF government. He announced a slew of welfare measures and we have identified some of the key points that will affect common people.

Some of the new initiatives highlighted in the Economic Review under the NORKA includes scholarship programme for higher eduction of NRI children and an employment scheme for returning emigrants.

The finance minister announced Rs 323 crores for the tourism sector hoping to put an end to the stagnancy since the 2018 floods.

The three-way contest appears to have sharply divided Keralite voters, numbering around 10 lakh, in the national capital.

As predicted in the exit polls, the Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party seems likely to retain power in the capital. The margin, though, is not likely to reflect the exit polls.

The election in the national capital took place amid massive protests over the new citizenship law, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register.

Delhi assembly elections 2020 marked the victory of Aam Admi party claiming power for the third concecutive time in a row making it clear that BJP's divisive politics will not work in the capital anymore.

What worked for AAP was its decision to provide better services in education, health, power and transport sectors.

Nirmala Sitharaman announces funds for infrastructural development of Bharat Net, smart cities, electrification of railway lines etc.