New Chief Minister Kerala, VD Satheesan, introduced key selections taken in the course of the first Cupboard assembly held put up swearing-in ceremony on Monday, Might 18.
Vadasseri Damodara Menon Satheesan, who steered the Congress-led UDF again to energy in Kerala after a decade by unseating the Left Entrance, took oath as chief minister on Monday at a packed and politically charged ceremony held on the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.
As many as 20 ministers had been additionally sworn in by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.
Quickly after the oath-taking ceremony and tea gathering at Lok Bhavan, the brand new Cupboard, chaired by Satheesan, held its first assembly on the state secretariat and authorized the implementation of 4 key guarantees the celebration made in the course of the 2026 Kerala elections.
1. ₹3,000 hike within the honorarium for ASHA employees, taking the whole month-to-month remuneration to ₹12,000.
2. Free Kerala State Highway Transport Company (KSRTC) journey for girls from June 15.
3. Honorarium hikes for Anganwadi employees, cooking employees, pre-primary lecturers and ayas
4. “First of its variety” devoted portfolio for the welfare of the aged.
Highlighting that ageing is a significant demographic problem in Keralam, CM Satheesan said that the true measure of a civilised society is the way it respects and cares for its previous folks.
He shared a imaginative and prescient the place Keralam will quickly declare to your complete world that it’s a actually civilised society by the way it takes care of its aged.
Notably, Kerala is named India’s “gray state” and has the very best proportion of aged folks within the nation. Over 18% of the state’s residents are aged 60 and above, with projections estimating this may surpass 22%.
The CM additionally assured a ₹1,000 wage hike for college cooks, maids, and pre-primary lecturers.
Additional affirming regulation and order upkeep within the state, the Chief Minister mentioned that the cupboard has determined to represent a Particular Investigation Group (SIT) to probe into the alleged assault of Youth Congress-KSU employees by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s safety personnel throughout a protest in Alappuzha in November 2024.
The Chief Minister said that the probe wouldn’t be a “political vendetta” however a essential step to revive the rule of regulation and be sure that regulation enforcement personnel are held accountable for his or her actions.
“We’re merely implementing the courtroom order. How can or not it’s interpreted as a political vendetta? No. We do not overlook something,” he instructed the media.
Additional, the CM mentioned that the primary session of the sixteenth Kerala Legislative Meeting will begin on Thursday, Might 21, and the election for the Speaker of the sixteenth Kerala Legislative Meeting is scheduled to happen the subsequent day, i.e., Might 22.
Satheesan mentioned that the primary session of the sixteenth Kerala Legislative Meeting will begin on Thursday, Might 21, and the election for the Speaker of the sixteenth Kerala Legislative Meeting is scheduled to happen the subsequent day, i.e., Might 22.
