Malappuram holds its district idea-formulation meeting for the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan

17 October 2026

A district level idea-formulation meeting for the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan was held at the conference hall of the District Planning Committee, Malappuram.
Industries, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty said large projects and large-scale planning are needed to close the district's infrastructure gap, and that private investment and the public-private partnership model should be used because local bodies face funding and borrowing limits.
He said about 65 students are being taught in a single classroom in the district and that ventilator and other treatment facilities are not proportionate to the population.
The meeting, part of a statewide series on the Plan's approach paper, aimed to fix the district's development priorities and prepare a district development document. Adv. M. Rahmathulla, MLA presided and State Planning Board Vice Chairman K.M. Chandrasekhar gave the introductory address.
District Collector Dr. Vinay Goel welcomed the gathering and District Planning Officer Muhammad Ansal Babu proposed the vote of thanks. Elected representatives and officials pooled suggestions in the morning session and experts and entrepreneurs developed new ideas in the afternoon.