7 November 2026
Applications are open for the OEC Pre-Matric Educational Assistance Scheme for the 2026-27 academic year. The benefit is meant for students of the OEC-SC, OEC-ST and OBC-H categories studying in Classes 1 to 10. Government schools, government-aided schools, recognised aided schools and schools affiliated to CBSE or ICSE are covered. Schools must enter the pupils' details on the e-Grantz portal, egrantz.kerala.gov.in. November 30 is the last day for schools to finish that data entry. The Backward Classes Development Department answers queries on the scheme through its regional offices. OEC stands for Other Eligible Communities, a Kerala-specific category that gets educational concessions.
Classes covered:
Classes 1 to 10
Portal:
egrantz.kerala.gov.in
Last date for school data entry:
November 30
Categories:
OEC-SC, OEC-ST and OBC-H
Why it matters for exams: OEC as a Kerala reservation category, the e-Grantz portal and the Backward Classes Development Department are standard Kerala PSC welfare-administration facts.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
OEC Other Eligible Communities — A Kerala category of communities that receive educational concessions on a par with certain reserved groups.
7 November 2026
The State Lottery Department has announced the Christmas - New Year Bumper 2026-27, numbered BR-113. The first prize is Rs 25 crore. There are 24 second prizes of Rs 1 crore each, 24 third prizes of Rs 10 lakh and 24 fourth prizes of Rs 5 lakh. In all the bumper carries 7,66,992 prizes and total prize money of Rs 124,01,16,000. A ticket costs Rs 450, made up of a base price of Rs 321.429 and 40 per cent GST. Sales open on November 28, with about 1.08 crore tickets printed across twelve series from CA to CM, leaving out CI. The draw will be held in Thiruvananthapuram on February 1, 2027. Lottery Director K. Imbasekhar announced the details.
First prize:
Rs 25 crore
Ticket price:
Rs 450
Total prizes:
7,66,992
Total prize money:
Rs 124,01,16,000
Draw:
February 1, 2027 at Thiruvananthapuram
Why it matters for exams: Kerala's State Lottery Department, its bumper series codes and the office of Lottery Director are asked in Kerala PSC general-awareness papers, and lottery revenue is part of the State's non-tax revenue.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
GST Goods and Services Tax — Lottery tickets carry GST, which is built into the printed ticket price.
7 November 2026
The Official Language Week and Malayalam Day celebrations ended in Thiruvananthapuram with a district-level closing ceremony. District Collector Anju K.S. inaugurated the function at the Collectorate Conference Hall. The District Administration and the Thiruvananthapuram District Information Office, part of the Information and Public Relations Department, organised it. Sajid K.S., a Senior Clerk in the Homeopathy Department, received the district-level Official Language Award of Rs 10,000 and a certificate of good service. Prizes were also given in Malayalam poetry writing, translation, dictation and a Malayalam quiz. Kerala observes Malayalam Day and Official Language Week to push the use of Malayalam in government files and orders. The State's official language policy requires government business to be conducted in Malayalam.
Award amount:
Rs 10,000
Awardee:
Sajid K.S., Senior Clerk, Homeopathy Department
Inaugurated by:
District Collector Anju K.S.
Why it matters for exams: Malayalam as Kerala's official language of administration, the Official Language Week observance and the District Collector's role in it are recurring Kerala PSC questions.
Kerala PSC
7 November 2026
Keltron has opened admissions to a set of government-approved computer courses at its Keltron Knowledge Centre at Spencer Junction in Thiruvananthapuram. The courses on offer are PGDCA, DCA, Word Processing and Data Entry, Office Automation and Computerised Financial Accounting. These are the computer qualifications that candidates can produce for appointments made through the Kerala Public Service Commission. Applicants have to visit the centre in person to collect the form and get details. Two helpline numbers, 0471 2337450 and 8590605271, were published with the notice. Keltron is a Kerala public sector undertaking in electronics that also runs training centres. The Information and Public Relations Department issued the announcement.
Centre:
Keltron Knowledge Centre, Spencer Junction, Thiruvananthapuram
Courses:
PGDCA, DCA, Word Processing and Data Entry, Office Automation, Computerised Financial Accounting
Why it matters for exams: Keltron is a Kerala public sector undertaking in electronics and the PSC-accepted computer qualifications such as PGDCA and DCA are standard Kerala PSC recruitment facts.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Keltron Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation — Kerala's public sector electronics corporation, which also runs computer training centres.
PGDCA Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications — A computer qualification accepted for several PSC appointments.
7 November 2026
The Kerala State Electricity Board has run up close to Rs 1,000 crore in extra spending on power purchases in two months. A large part of it comes from an agreement for power from Himachal Pradesh at Rs 14.50 per unit, under which Rs 80 crore was paid in the first week and Rs 67 crore in each later week, taking the estimated total to about Rs 300 crore. A second agreement with the private firm VEH Global for up to 200 MW at Rs 11 per unit is estimated at about Rs 40 crore. Neither agreement had the regulatory commission's approval when it was signed, and KSEB applied for approval only later. Even if approval comes, recovering the cost through consumer bills will take time. Contractors have gone unpaid since Onam and retirement benefits have piled up. The board says it needs at least Rs 1,000 crore to come out of the strain.
Extra spending in two months:
nearly Rs 1,000 crore
Himachal Pradesh rate:
Rs 14.50 per unit
VEH Global rate and quantum:
up to 200 MW at Rs 11 per unit
Why it matters for exams: KSEB and the requirement that a power purchase agreement be approved by the State electricity regulatory commission are standard Polity and Economy facts about electricity regulation in India.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
KSEB Kerala State Electricity Board — The State utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity in Kerala.
PPA Power Purchase Agreement — A contract to buy electricity, which needs the State regulatory commission's approval to be passed on in tariffs.
7 November 2026
Kerala Lalithakala Akademi opens a painting show called Punarjani 2 - Living Archives Series-1, drawn entirely from its own collection. Twenty-five works by seventeen artists were picked from paintings gathered at the Akademi's camps. It runs at the Kayamkulam Shankar Memorial Cartoon Museum gallery from November 9 to November 19. Minister for Co-operation and Excise Adv. M. Liju opens it, with Akademi Chairperson Prof. S. Prakash Moorthy presiding. Dr. Kavitha Balakrishnan and Dr. Sudheesh Kottembram are the curators.
Works on show:
25 works by 17 artists
Venue:
Kayamkulam Shankar Memorial Cartoon Museum gallery
Run:
November 9 to 19
Curators:
Dr. Kavitha Balakrishnan and Dr. Sudheesh Kottembram
Why it matters for exams: The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi is one of the three State cultural academies and its office, chairperson and functions are regular Kerala PSC questions.
Kerala PSC
Background
The Kerala High Court has nominated five persons for a Special Task Force to deal with encroachments on government land at Munnar and elsewhere in Idukki district. Government proceedings of the State had suggested nine names, from which the court picked four as members and named the officer to head it. It draws those members from four arms of the administration, with a Superintendent of Police, a Deputy Collector, a Principal Conservator of Forests and a Survey Superintendent among them. In place of the Monitoring Committee set up earlier, the Special Task Force is to step into those shoes, subject to what the counsels urge, because the officers on that committee had not been given exclusive responsibilities or powers. It is headed by an Additional Secretary in the Government Secretariat, who has to see that the force meets and works without interruption. All of this comes out of a public interest litigation about illegal encroachments on a large scale and forged pattas in that district. Kerala High Court had also constituted a Special Investigation Team to inspect the veracity of pattas, along with a Digital Survey Team for a digital survey of the areas. It has told the State government to give the force infrastructure, work force and transport, and to keep its members free of other work while they prepare the protocol.
Force the court constituted:
Special Task Force (STF)
Munnar and the district around it:
Idukki district
Government proceedings suggested:
9 names
Committee it steps in for:
Monitoring Committee
Why it matters for exams: Special Task Force on the Munnar land encroachments steps in for a Monitoring Committee, and its members come from the police, revenue, forest and survey arms.
Kerala PSCUPSC
Background
House numbers in Kerala change whenever wards are reorganised, the boundaries of a local body are altered or the population increases. At present a house number joins three parts, the name of the local body, the ward number and the serial number of the house in that ward. Local Self-Government Department has now decided in principle to give every house a permanent identification number instead. Each house will get a 10-digit digital number of its own, with a QR code beside it, on the model of a postal PIN code. Separate codes will be assigned to different zones, and a common identification code will belong to each local self-government institution. A scan of that code will show the numbers linked to the LPG connection, the electricity connection, the ration card and the water connection of that house. Information Kerala Mission has prepared a model project for this unified numbering and handed it to the government. A house owner can also have a mobile phone number included, and the system is expected to help in delivering disaster management assistance and other services.
House number length:
10-digit digital number
QR code with the number:
QR code
Information Kerala Mission prepared:
Information Kerala Mission
Why it matters for exams: A house number in Kerala joins the name of the local body, the ward number and the serial number of the house in that ward, and the Local Self-Government Department is the department behind it.
Kerala PSCUPSC
Background
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has reported that the SNDP Yogam comes wholly within the Companies Act, 2013. Kerala Non-Trading Companies Act, 1961 is held not applicable to it, because it operates in other states and outside India as well. The report says the Yogam has to go to the Registrar of Companies for everything, from a change in its Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association to its annual reports. In force still is an exemption of 1974, which lets one representative for every 200 members exercise voting rights. A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court had earlier asked the ministry to examine which law applies to it. Supreme Court, hearing an appeal against that direction, asked the ministry to hear every party concerned before it decided. Registrar of Companies is therefore the office such a body deals with, and not a state department of registration. Companies working in other states and outside India fall, on this reasoning, under the central law rather than the Kerala statute on non-trading companies.
Act the ministry applied:
Companies Act, 2013
Kerala law held not applicable:
Kerala Non-Trading Companies Act, 1961
Yogam exemption lets one representative act for:
200 members
Registrar to approach:
Registrar of Companies
Why it matters for exams: Registrar of Companies handles the Memorandum of Association, the Articles of Association and the annual reports of a company under the central company law.
Kerala PSCUPSC