Kerala Exchequer

Kerala Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan -- who has been at the centre of a controversy for billing the state exchequer Rs 49,900 for a pair of spectacles he bought - has said he is open to a discussion on medical insurance. Mr Sreeramakrishnan had bought the glasses around six months ago. The matter came out after an activist filed a Right To Information...

A new pair of spectacles has put the Speaker of Kerala Assembly, P Sreeramakrishnan, in the eye of a storm. Documents released by activist and advocate DB Binu, who had filed an Right To Information (RTI), petition, showed that Mr Sreeramakrishnan had submitted a bill of Rs 49,500 to the state exchequer for reimbursement for the spectacles bought a...

An investigation has been ordered into the corruption charges against Kerala fisheries minister J Mercykutty. Losses to the tune of lakhs of rupees have allegedly been caused to the state exchequer while importing raw cashew nuts.

The cash-strapped Kerala is heading for a tough time as it needs to pay out more than Rs 7,000 crore around the festival season, said a top Finance Ministry official here.

Kerala Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan -- who has been at the centre of a controversy for billing the state exchequer Rs 49,900 for a pair of spectacles he bought - has said he is open to a discussion on medical insurance. Mr Sreeramakrishnan had bought the glasses around six months ago. The matter came out after an activist filed a Right To Information...

A new pair of spectacles has put the Speaker of Kerala Assembly, P Sreeramakrishnan, in the eye of a storm. Documents released by activist and advocate DB Binu, who had filed an Right To Information (RTI), petition, showed that Mr Sreeramakrishnan had submitted a bill of Rs 49,500 to the state exchequer for reimbursement for the spectacles bought a...

An investigation has been ordered into the corruption charges against Kerala fisheries minister J Mercykutty. Losses to the tune of lakhs of rupees have allegedly been caused to the state exchequer while importing raw cashew nuts.

The cash-strapped Kerala is heading for a tough time as it needs to pay out more than Rs 7,000 crore around the festival season, said a top Finance Ministry official here.