31 October 2026
The Kerala government has sanctioned ₹7.20 crore as compensation for traders and owners of commercial buildings hit by the Mundakkai-Chooralmala disaster in Wayanad.
The money comes from the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund.
The payment is meant for those whose livelihood was cut off and whose business premises suffered heavy damage.
The government has said the amount will help revive Wayanad's local economy and small trade sector and secure the rehabilitation of traders.
Mundakkai and Chooralmala, in Wayanad district, were destroyed by landslides in 2024, and rehabilitation work in the area is still under way.
Compensation sanctioned:
₹7.20 crore
Fund used:
Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund
District:
Wayanad
Why it matters for exams: The Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund is the standing route for Kerala disaster payouts, and Mundakkai-Chooralmala in Wayanad is a fixed reference point in Kerala disaster questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
CMDRF Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund — The Kerala government fund from which relief and compensation for disasters and distress cases is paid.
31 October 2026
Seventy newly trained Civil Excise Officers passed out at the parade ground of the State Excise Academy in Thrissur.
Sixty-eight of them belong to the 36th batch, and two women officers completed the 17th batch.
Minister for Co-operation M. Liju received the salute from the trainees.
The Minister said the government has taken several steps to strengthen the excise force, and pointed to Operation Thunder, the department's enforcement drive, which has produced about 60,000 cases across the State.
He added that measures to increase staff numbers in the department are under consideration.
The Academy at Thrissur is the training institution for Kerala's excise personnel.
Officers who passed out:
70
Venue:
State Excise Academy, Thrissur
Operation Thunder cases:
about 60,000
Why it matters for exams: The State Excise Academy at Thrissur and Operation Thunder, the Excise Department's enforcement drive, are both named institutions and programmes Kerala PSC asks about.
Kerala PSC
30 October 2026
The Kerala government's official calendar for 2027 was released at Aluva by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan.
The calendar is priced at ₹40, and buyers who take ten copies get one free.
It is being sold through the district forum offices of the government across the State.
This is the first time calendar distribution has begun this early.
Printing Department Director V. Jayakumar and Additional Secretary Anil Johny of the General Administration Department's coordination wing took part.
The calendar is brought out in a blue shade this year.
Price:
₹40
Release venue:
Aluva
Why it matters for exams: The official calendar is a Printing Department publication sold through government district forum offices — a small but asked detail of Kerala's administrative set-up.
Kerala PSC
31 October 2026
The 68th Kerala State School Sports Meet came to a close after seven days of competition.
The main venue was the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium Complex on the National Institute of Technology campus at Chathamangalam in Kozhikode.
About 10,000 school athletes took part across the meet's events.
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala inaugurated the closing ceremony, and General Education Minister N. Shamsuddin presided.
Chennithala said a new sports law is being prepared and the Bill will be introduced in the next session of the Legislative Assembly.
The meet is the State's biggest annual school athletics event and is organised by the General Education Department.
Edition:
68th
Main venue:
Major Dhyan Chand Stadium Complex, NIT Chathamangalam, Kozhikode
Athletes:
about 10,000
Why it matters for exams: The host venue and the edition number of the State School Sports Meet, and the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium at NIT Calicut, are recurring Kerala PSC general knowledge points.
Kerala PSC
1 November 2026
Wayanad has become the country's first fully e-waste-free district, with the district-level declaration made on Kerala Piravi day.
All 23 grama panchayats and the three municipalities of the district completed collection by 30 October.
The 50-day campaign, which began on 10 September, gathered 80 tonnes of discarded electronic and electrical equipment, of which 31 tonnes came from government offices.
Noolpuzha grama panchayat, which handed over 5,423 kg in two phases, was the first local body in the country to be declared fully e-waste-free.
The District Suchitwa Mission coordinated the campaign under the State government's BHOOMI project, with Clean Kerala Company among the partners handling disposal.
The Chief Minister is to make the formal declaration at a function at Kalpetta on 20 November.
E-waste collected:
80 tonnes
From government offices:
31 tonnes
Grama panchayats:
23
Municipalities:
3
Why it matters for exams: A 'first in the country' claim tied to a named district and a named state agency, the District Suchitwa Mission, is the sort of first that exam setters use.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Suchitwa Mission Suchitwa Mission, Government of Kerala — The Kerala government's technical support agency for waste management in local bodies.
31 October 2026
Kerala has announced Thanath, a housing scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families that hold land but have no house.
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes Welfare Minister K.A. Thulasi announced it, and applications open on 1 November.
The outlay for the current year is ₹1,000 crore, with administrative sanction of ₹727.68 crore for Scheduled Castes and ₹252.52 crore for Scheduled Tribes.
A further ₹20 crore is set apart for Scheduled Caste groups that need special attention.
The targets are 25,000 Scheduled Caste families and 7,000 Scheduled Tribe families.
Unit assistance for a Scheduled Caste house rises from ₹4 lakh to ₹6 lakh, paid in four instalments.
For Scheduled Tribe houses inside or beside settlements and in very difficult terrain it goes from ₹6 lakh to ₹8 lakh.
The beneficiary list is to be published on 3 December, with the state-level inauguration on 6 December.
Outlay this year:
₹1,000 crore
Scheduled Caste share:
₹727.68 crore
Scheduled Tribe share:
₹252.52 crore
Scheduled Caste target:
25,000 families
Scheduled Tribe target:
7,000 families
Scheduled Caste unit assistance:
₹6 lakh
Why it matters for exams: Thanath is a newly named Kerala scheme with a specific department, a ₹1,000 crore outlay and revised unit assistance — standard Kerala PSC scheme-detail material.
Kerala PSCUPSC
30 October 2026
Kerala's Health Department has started Hridayaragam, a comprehensive public health campaign to detect lifestyle diseases at the earliest stage and ensure treatment and follow-up care.
Health Minister K. Muraleedharan released the logo and sticker of the campaign, which the government calls its flagship campaign.
It is run through primary health centres and covers diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, stroke and liver and kidney disease.
The pilot launch is in three constituencies — Vattiyoorkavu in Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki in Idukki district and Nilambur in Malappuram — after which it will be extended across the State.
Everyone above 18 will go through risk analysis and screening, and will be classified as mild, moderate or high risk.
Those in the high risk group get follow-up tests and specialist treatment within 24 hours, and the rest within two weeks.
Each newly diagnosed person is registered and given a personal health diary.
The population-based survey is done through the SHAILI app and screening through the JAK PH app, with treatment recorded in the e-Health hospital management system.
Pilot constituencies:
Idukki, Nilambur, Vattiyoorkavu
Target:
all 140 assembly constituencies
Why it matters for exams: Hridayaragam is a newly named Kerala flagship health campaign with a stated pilot in three named constituencies, a screening age of 18 and named apps — SHAILI and JAK PH — all of which are standard Kerala PSC scheme-detail material.
Kerala PSC
Background
Kerala's new Thanath housing scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families, whose applications open on 1 November, changes the route that housing money for these groups takes.
Until now Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe housing assistance moved mainly through LIFE Mission, the State's umbrella housing programme for the homeless.
The Scheduled Caste department's figures show LIFE Mission spent ₹757.47 crore on Scheduled Caste housing over the past eight years.
They also show that ₹120 crore transferred in 2024-25 and ₹105 crore in 2025-26 came back unspent at the end of the year.
Thanath is the department's own scheme, with administrative sanction held and released by the department rather than routed through the mission.
LIFE Mission continues as Kerala's general housing programme for families without a house.
LIFE Mission spending on Scheduled Caste housing in eight years:
₹757.47 crore
Returned unspent in 2024-25:
₹120 crore
Returned unspent in 2025-26:
₹105 crore
Why it matters for exams: LIFE Mission is Kerala's umbrella housing programme and its name, role and spending are recurring Kerala PSC questions.
Kerala PSC
Background
The Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvananthapuram was set up on 19 October 1970 as an autonomous institute for social science research. Its own account credits C. Achutha Menon, then Chief Minister of Kerala, with the creation of several research centres in the State, and with persuading the development economist K. N. Raj to start this Centre and give it intellectual leadership; Raj stayed the driving force of its academic work for over twenty years. Laurie Baker, the architect, gave the campus and its buildings a distinctive but low-cost design, and the campus still carries that stamp. A Governing Body of academicians, planners and administrators manages the Centre, and it has passed several of its powers to sub-committees. Its finances rest mainly on the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the Government of Kerala. The Reserve Bank of India, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Planning Commission now called NITI Aayog and the Government of Kerala have instituted endowment units there for research in selected areas. A research programme on international migration from Kerala has been set up at the Centre, and the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs had placed a migration unit there.
Established:
19 October 1970
Campus architect:
Laurie Baker
Founding academic leader:
K. N. Raj
Chief Minister behind it:
C. Achutha Menon
Managed by:
Governing Body
Why it matters for exams: The Centre for Development Studies, set up on 19 October 1970 at the urging of C. Achutha Menon with K. N. Raj as its academic head, has a campus designed by Laurie Baker.
Kerala PSCUPSC
Background
The Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University came into existence on 14th June, 2010 under Ordinance number 44/2010 of the Government of Kerala, and Act 3/2011 followed it. It is a public funded university with headquarters at Pookode in Wayanad, and the powers of the university rest with its authorities, which are the Board of Management and the Management Council. Two faculties, Veterinary Sciences and Dairy Technology, were already in place, and the university began a Faculty of Poultry Science to push education and enterprise in the poultry sector. Eight constituent colleges and an Academic Staff College now carry its academic, research and extension work, where there were three colleges at the start. Student numbers have gone from fewer than 600 to around 3000, with an annual intake of 600 across 40 academic programmes, distance learning included. Five laboratories of the university hold NABL accreditation, and research stations, farms and extension centres of its own work in different parts of Kerala. It brings out the Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, and has training and academic tie-ups with institutions such as the University of Edinburgh and the University of Western Australia.
Came into existence:
14th June, 2010
Ordinance:
44/2010
Act:
3/2011
Headquarters:
Pookode
Constituent colleges:
eight
NABL accredited laboratories:
five
Why it matters for exams: KVASU, created by an Ordinance of 2010 and then by Act 3/2011, is headquartered at Pookode in Wayanad and vests its powers in the Management Council and the Board of Management.
Kerala PSCUPSC
Background
The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology was established at Kochi in 1998 by upgrading the earlier Sagar Sampada Cell, with facilities for the Marine Living Resources Programme. It works under the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India and has been organising, coordinating and promoting ocean development activities in the country. That charge takes in the mapping of living resources, an inventory of living marine resources that can be exploited commercially, their best use through ecosystem management, and research in the basic sciences of the field. The programme it carries surveys and assesses those resources and studies how they answer changes in the physical environment, with an ecosystem model for the living resources in the Indian EEZ as the aim. The Fishery and Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada is used fully for these studies. Surveys in the EEZ take in harmful algal blooms and bioluminescent planktons, deep sea fishery and tuna, marine mammals, and patterns of productivity. Its mandate also names a data centre for storing and spreading data, and management strategies drawn from ecosystem monitoring and modelling.
Established:
1998
Place:
Kochi
Upgraded from:
Sagar Sampada Cell
Union ministry:
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Research vessel:
Sagar Sampada
Why it matters for exams: CMLRE at Kochi, formed in 1998 by upgrading the Sagar Sampada Cell, works under the Ministry of Earth Sciences and runs the research vessel Sagar Sampada.
Kerala PSCUPSC
Background
Established in 1979, the Centre for Management Development is a management consulting and training institution of the Government of Kerala that is driven by research, and it caters to government at the Centre, in the States and at local levels, to development agencies and to institutions in the corporate and social sector. It was set up by GO (Ms) 294/78/ID dated 31.07.1978, on the recommendations of the K.T. Chandy Committee, so that enterprises of different kinds would get professional managerial support. The Centre is a professional society registered under act XII of 1955, the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Society Registration Act, and it is attached with the Industries Department of the Kerala government. A Governing Board manages it. Its Chairman sits with three senior Secretaries to the Government of Kerala, two academicians in management, two industrialists, two representatives of professional bodies and four Chief Executives of public enterprises, and its member secretary is the Director. A Committee under Shri K.T. Chandy on the management development of public enterprises in Kerala had held that the agency bringing these forces together would have to be an autonomous body of some stature, and the Centre traces its genesis to that finding. The Centre says it has worked with management teams in over 250 organisations.
Established:
1979
Government order:
294/78/ID dated 31.07.1978
Committee behind it:
K. T. Chandy Committee
Attached to:
Industries Department
Organisations worked with:
over 250 organisations
Why it matters for exams: The Centre for Management Development, set up in 1979 on the K. T. Chandy Committee's recommendations, is a professional society attached with the Industries Department of Kerala.
Kerala PSCUPSC