10 October 2026
Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan announced the schedule of the second session of the Sixteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly at a press conference. The session begins on October 12 and will have nine sittings, on October 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 27, 28 and 29. Government business is set for October 12 to 15 and October 27 to 29, and private members' business for October 16. On October 26 the House will discuss and vote on supplementary demands for grants for the revised budget and on additional demands for the five financial years since 2017. On October 29, from 1 pm to 2 pm, the House will take up the expenditure relating to those supplementary and additional demands. The Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2026 will be introduced on October 12, along with a motion to refer them to a subject committee. The Business Advisory Committee will meet on October 12 to settle the legislative business of the remaining days. Deputy Speaker Shanimol Usman and Assembly Secretary Shaji C. Baby were present.
Session begins:
October 12
Number of sittings:
9
Private members' business:
October 16
Supplementary demands taken up:
October 26
Why it matters for exams: Session dates, the Bills introduced and the handling of supplementary demands for grants are standard Kerala polity questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Business Advisory Committee Business Advisory Committee of the Kerala Legislative Assembly — The committee that allots time for the legislative and other business of each sitting.
Supplementary demands for grants Supplementary demands for grants — Extra money the government asks the House to sanction when the budget provision falls short.
10 October 2026
Along with the session schedule, Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan announced that the Platinum Jubilee of the Kerala Legislature will be celebrated on April 27, 2027. The celebration programmes will begin on November 1, 2026, which is Kerala Piravi day. A Sneha Sangamam bringing together former Speakers, former Deputy Speakers, former members, former Secretaries and legislature staff will be held at the Sankaranarayanan Thampi Hall. The fifth edition of the legislature's book festival will be held as the Kerala Legislature International Literary Festival from January 7 to 13. The handover of keys to the flats built for members at the Pamba Block will take place on October 26 at 4.30 pm.
Platinum Jubilee day:
27 April 2027
Celebrations begin:
1 November 2026
Literary festival:
January 7 to 13
Why it matters for exams: Anniversary dates of Kerala institutions and the naming of the legislature's literary festival are easy, frequently set questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Kerala Piravi Kerala Piravi day — November 1, the day the State of Kerala was formed in 1956.
10 October 2026
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala inaugurated the nineteenth edition of the Cocon security and hacking conference and said Kerala Police will strengthen its Cyberdome to meet cyber threats. He said government, police, researchers, technical institutions and the private sector must work together, and stressed data protection, personal privacy and lawful, responsible security systems as the use of artificial intelligence grows. Kerala Police, working with iHub Robotics, has readied indigenously developed robots for traffic control, disaster management, rescue and industrial automation. Kerala Police signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kochi-based company at the conference; trials are to begin shortly, and the robots go into the field after a pilot run in coordination with Cyberdome. Daksha is designed for traffic control. Kavach assists rescue work in difficult terrain and delivers essential supplies. Thara gives information in several languages and guides visitors. The stated aim is to reduce the burden on police personnel who stand for hours in sun and rain and to make policing more efficient. The government will also train cyber security officials, run public awareness work and strengthen international cooperation and public-private partnerships. Deputy National Security Adviser T. V. Ravichandran, Challa Srinivasulu Shetty and Directors General of Police Ravada Chandrasekhar and Manoj Abraham attended.
Conference:
19th Cocon security and hacking conference
Robot for traffic control:
Daksha
Robot for rescue in difficult terrain:
Kavach
Technology partner:
iHub Robotics
Why it matters for exams: Named technology initiatives of Kerala Police, and the robots' individual roles, are the kind of matching question examiners like.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Cyberdome Cyberdome — The Kerala Police technology research and development centre for cyber security and cyber crime.
10 October 2026
The Kerala State Financial Enterprises will hold the state-level launch of its Pink Chitties on October 12 at 11 am. Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan will inaugurate the launch in the Chief Minister's chamber in the Niyamasabha. At the same function KSFE will hand over its guarantee commission for the financial year 2025-26, amounting to ₹110.04 crore, to the Chief Minister. KSFE Managing Director Abhilash P. N., Chairman K. R. Jyothilal and board members Meera K. S., B. S. Preetha and Manoj K. will take part.
Guarantee commission for 2025-26:
₹110.04 crore
Launch date:
October 12, 11 am
Managing Director:
Abhilash P. N.
Why it matters for exams: KSFE is a Kerala public sector undertaking whose chitty products and payments to the State treasury are asked in state-level examinations.
Kerala PSCBank
In plain words
KSFE Kerala State Financial Enterprises Limited — A Kerala government company that runs chitties and lending schemes.
Guarantee commission Guarantee commission — The fee a state undertaking pays the government for the guarantee the government gives on its liabilities.
10 October 2026
The Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, official language section, has invited applications for the official language awards. Applications must reach by October 12 at 5 pm. The awards are meant to promote Malayalam in government administration and to complete the official language transition. The department that makes the best progress in the official language transition gets ₹25,000, a plaque and a certificate, and the district that best promotes the mother tongue gets ₹20,000, a plaque and a certificate. The Book Writing Award for employees who write original works that help make Malayalam the official language carries a first prize of ₹20,000 and a second prize of ₹10,000. The state-level Official Language Service Award, for Group A, B and C officers and for typists, computer assistants, stenographers and confidential assistants, carries ₹20,000 and ₹10,000 in each category. The district official language award for Group C employees carries ₹10,000. A new literary award for school students covers classes 1 to 4, 5 to 7 and 8 to 10, with a first prize of ₹5,000 and a second prize of ₹3,000. Work done in Malayalam during the 2025 calendar year is what is considered for the awards. State-level applications go to the Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Official Language), Annex 1, Government Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram, and district applications to the District Collectors.
Last date:
October 12, 5 pm
Best department in the official language transition:
₹25,000
Best district in mother tongue promotion:
₹20,000
School students' first prize:
₹5,000
Why it matters for exams: Prize amounts and the department that gives the official language awards are frequently asked in Kerala PSC general awareness papers.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Bharanabhasha Bharanabhasha, the official language of administration — The language in which government files and orders are written; Kerala's programme is to shift this fully to Malayalam.
9 October 2026
The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi will open 'Punarjjani', an exhibition of paintings selected from its own collection, on October 13 at the Academy Art Gallery in Vailoppilly Samskriti Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. Akademi Chairperson Prof. Prakash Murthy will inaugurate it at 11 am, with Akademi Secretary Vaikom M. K. Shibu present. Thirty paintings by thirty artists, selected from the painting camps the Akademi has organised in past years, are on display. The Akademi describes the exhibition as the first step in a project of its new governing body to revive its collection and its galleries, with curators to be involved in later exhibitions so that the artistic value and meaning of the works reach the public. The Akademi expects the exhibitions to become places where artists gather and talk to one another.
Exhibition opens:
October 13, 11 am
Paintings on display:
30
Venue:
Academy Art Gallery, Vailoppilly Samskriti Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
Why it matters for exams: The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, its headquarters and its office bearers are standard Kerala art and culture questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Kerala Lalithakala Akademi — The state academy for painting, sculpture and the visual arts in Kerala.
9 October 2026
Valakom Grama Panchayat has begun building a new Janakeeya Arogya Kendram to bring primary health care closer to homes. The construction is funded with ₹55.5 lakh from the Fifteenth Finance Commission and the centre will work under the Ardram Mission, with disease prevention as a stated focus. It replaces a sub-centre building under the Valakom Family Health Centre that was about forty years old and had been certified unfit. Pregnant women, newborns, children, adolescents and the elderly are the target groups. The services planned include maternal and child care, family planning, reproductive health, control of communicable diseases, treatment of common ailments, first aid, screening for lifestyle diseases, cancer and mental health problems, national health programmes, palliative care for the elderly, emergency care and referral for further treatment. Clinics will run six days a week. Dr. Mathew Kuzhalnadan MLA inaugurated the construction and Panchayat President Rajitha Sudhakaran presided.
Construction cost:
₹55.5 lakh
Funding source:
Fifteenth Finance Commission
Mission:
Ardram Mission
Clinic days:
Six days a week
Why it matters for exams: The Ardram Mission and the use of Finance Commission grants by panchayats for health buildings are recurring Kerala governance questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Ardram Mission Ardram Mission — Kerala's mission to upgrade government health facilities and make them people-friendly.
Family Health Centre Family Health Centre — An upgraded primary health centre in Kerala that offers longer hours and more services.
9 October 2026
The Special Enrichment Programme run by the District Institute of Education and Training, Kozhikode, under the General Education Department, has begun its activities for the 2026-27 academic year. The district-level inauguration was held at Chembukadavu Government Upper Primary School. The programme is aimed at the academic empowerment and overall development of children studying in government schools in the state's tribal, coastal and plantation areas. Its components are adapting the curriculum to local conditions, special learning support, expert classes, residential camps, skill development workshops, study tours and awareness programmes for parents. The stated outcome sought is fewer dropouts and better prospects for higher studies and employment. Koduvally Block Panchayat President Ambika Mangalath inaugurated the programme and Thiruvambady Grama Panchayat President Annakutty Devasya presided. DIET Principal Dr. Abdul Nasar U. K. and Deputy Director of Education C. S. Amrutha took part.
Academic year:
2026-27
Target areas:
Tribal, coastal and plantation areas
Inauguration venue:
Chembukadavu Government Upper Primary School
Why it matters for exams: DIET is a statutory district education institution and questions often ask what it is and which department runs it.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
DIET District Institute of Education and Training — A district level institution for teacher training and school education support.
9 October 2026
Justice G. Girish of the Kerala High Court has ordered further investigation into the death of violinist Balabhaskar and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to entrust it to an officer of proven integrity not below the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police. The order came on Criminal Revision Petition No. 214 of 2026, K. C. Unni and another against the State of Kerala and others, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 568. The musician was in a car accident on September 25, 2018 while the family was returning from a temple in Thrissur. His one-and-a-half year old daughter died at the spot and Balabhaskar died a week later. The CBI took over the investigation on July 27, 2020 and an Additional Superintendent of Police concluded it was an accident. In 2022 a coordinate bench of the High Court listed twenty suspicious circumstances and ordered further investigation, but the CBI assigned that work to an Inspector, who was junior to the earlier investigating officer and reached the same conclusions. The Court described the handling as casual and lackadaisical and held that the subsequent investigation was against the purpose of Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Judge:
Justice G. Girish
Minimum rank directed:
Additional Superintendent of Police
Suspicious circumstances listed in 2022:
20
Provision relied on:
Section 173(8), Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Why it matters for exams: Section 173(8) of the old Criminal Procedure Code and the power of a High Court to order further investigation are frequently examined points.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Further investigation Further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC — Additional investigation into a case after a final report has already been filed.
Criminal Revision Petition Criminal Revision Petition — A petition asking a higher court to examine the legality of a lower criminal court's order.
Background
The Kerala Legislative Assembly works through committees listed by the legislature itself, with the Business Advisory Committee first among them. Alongside it the Sixteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly has fourteen numbered subject committees. They are, in order, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries; Land Revenue and Devaswom; Water Resources; Industry and Minerals; Public Works, Transport and Communications; Education; Power, Labour and Labour Welfare; Economic Affairs; Local Administration, Rural Development and Housing; Forest, Environment and Tourism; Food, Civil Supplies and Co-operation; Health and Family Welfare; Social Service; and Home Affairs. Each committee has its own page and publishes its own reports.
Number of subject committees:
14
First committee listed:
Business Advisory Committee
Subject Committee I:
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
Subject Committee XIV:
Home Affairs
Why it matters for exams: The number of subject committees and the subjects grouped under each are a standard objective question on the Kerala legislature.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Subject Committee Subject Committee of the Kerala Legislative Assembly — A committee that examines Bills and the working of departments in its own group of subjects.