Thiruvananthapuram: Hike in welfare pensions and relief measures for farmers were proposed in the Kerala 2021-22 budget presented on Friday by Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac.
The budget announcements assume significance this time as the Assembly polls are just months away. It is the final budget for the present LDF government.
Though Isaac would present the last budget as a full- fledged one, the House would pass only a vote-on-account for four months as the tenure of the present government would end soon.
Beginning his speech by listing out various initiatives implemented by the state government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finance Minister said the budget would be a vision document of the development and priorities in the post-COVID Kerala.
He said the Left government, which had fought two consecutive floods and novel coronavirus pandemic effectively, considered each challenge and crisis it confronted as new opportunities.
“The Left government ensured…