The Keralam Cabinet has decided to recommend to the Governor that the Kerala Legislative Assembly meet in a special sitting from November 30 to December 10.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan said the sitting is meant to clear Bills that are still pending and to bring in fresh legislation.
In India a State legislature does not assemble on its own. The Governor summons it, and the Governor acts on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
That advice is what the Cabinet gave on Wednesday.
The Kerala Legislative Assembly is a single-chamber House; the State has no Legislative Council.
A Bill passed by the House goes to the Governor, who may assent to it, withhold assent, return it, or reserve it for the President.
For an aspirant the lasting lesson is the route by which a session is called, not the dates of this one.
Sitting recommended:November 30 to December 10Who summons the House:The Governor
Why it matters for exams: How a State Assembly is summoned, and the Governor's role in it, is a standing Polity question in Kerala PSC and UPSC papers.
The Keralam Cabinet has approved a new compensation package tied to the building of the Kasaragod-Wayanad 400 kV power transmission line.
A transmission line of that rating is part of the high-voltage backbone that moves bulk power between regions; it is not the local distribution wire that reaches a house.
Land under and beside such a line is restricted, so the State pays the owners a compensation worked out under a package of this kind.
The two districts named are at the northern end of Keralam. Kasaragod is the State's northernmost district and Wayanad is its only fully highland district.
The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday along with other legislative business.
For exams the durable facts are the voltage class, what a transmission line does, and where the two districts sit.
Line rating:400 kVDistricts named:Kasaragod and Wayanad
Why it matters for exams: Transmission voltage classes such as 400 kV and the position of Kasaragod and Wayanad are standard Kerala PSC geography and infrastructure questions.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan met members of the High-Powered Task Force on Exam Reforms, which is studying how the country's examination systems can be strengthened.
The delegation included Dr S Somanath, the former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, and P Bala Kiran, Secretary and Examination Controller of the National Recruitment Agency.
The talks covered making examinations more transparent, secure, accountable and efficient.
They also covered the security of question papers, how examinations are conducted, and the working of examination bodies.
Introducing Computer Based Testing, and the institutional and technical arrangements it needs, was discussed.
Higher Education Minister Roji M John, General Education Minister N Shamsudheen and Chief Secretary Biswanath Sinha were present.
The National Recruitment Agency is the central body set up to hold a Common Eligibility Test for central government recruitment.
Body that met the CM:High-Powered Task Force on Exam ReformsReform discussed:Computer Based Testing
Why it matters for exams: The National Recruitment Agency and the Common Eligibility Test, and who heads ISRO, are repeat questions in both Kerala PSC and UPSC papers.
The Society for Assistance to Fisherwomen, which works under the Fisheries Department of Keralam, has invited applications under three self-employment schemes for the 2026-27 financial year.
The three are One Family One Enterprise, Development of Micro Enterprises, and Development of High-Investment Micro Enterprises.
A selected beneficiary starting a new micro enterprise can get a grant of up to one lakh rupees.
Under the high-investment scheme the grant can go up to two lakh rupees.
Applications are open to eligible fisherwomen and to women's groups.
Forms are available at the SAF district office and at the Matsyabhavan offices, and completed applications must be handed in by five in the evening on November 25.
SAF is the State's standing instrument for fisherwomen's livelihoods, separate from the fish marketing and welfare bodies.
Maximum grant:₹2 lakhLast date:November 25
Why it matters for exams: SAF and the Fisheries Department's scheme family are standard Kerala PSC questions on State welfare institutions.
The Kozhikode District Panchayat has launched Vidyodaya, an education scheme in its annual plan for 2026-27.
Its aim is to strengthen government schooling and lift the learning standard of high school and higher secondary students.
Vidyodaya carries forward Sajjam, the district panchayat's earlier education scheme, with changes.
The scheme will set up an Effective Parenting Programme for parents and a She Room for girls in schools.
A one-day workshop for high school and higher secondary teachers was held at the launch, with classes taken by the coordinator of the Malappuram District Panchayat's Vijayabheri scheme.
Advocate K Jayanth, MLA, inaugurated the launch and District Panchayat President Milly Mohan presided.
School education in Keralam is a shared responsibility: the State runs the syllabus and the teachers, while local bodies fund schemes of this kind from their own plans.
Scheme:VidyodayaLocal body:Kozhikode District Panchayat
Why it matters for exams: Named district panchayat education schemes such as Vidyodaya, Sajjam and Vijayabheri are asked directly in Kerala PSC local administration papers.
Vehicle owners in Keralam have been told how to get High Security Registration Plates for vehicles registered before 1 April 2019.
On the direction of the Transport Commissioner, the booking is to be made through the website of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.
The owner picks the vehicle category, the make, the fitment place and the dealer, pays online and confirms with the one-time password sent to the phone.
For small motor vehicles including cars the charge is six hundred rupees plus tax for a set of plates, and for two-wheelers three hundred rupees plus tax, with fitting included.
As a temporary arrangement, vehicles registered before that date may be taken straight for inspection at automated testing centres for two weeks, at the concerned Regional Transport Offices and Sub Regional Transport Offices.
The High Security Registration Plate is a tamper-resistant plate with a permanent laser-etched code, fixed with non-reusable snap locks.
Cut-off for registration:1 April 2019Charge for cars:₹600 plus taxCharge for two-wheelers:₹300 plus tax
Why it matters for exams: HSRP, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers and the office of the Transport Commissioner are recurring Kerala PSC questions on motor vehicle administration.
Licence and permit holders who have not yet registered on the Samraksha portal must do so before December 15, as part of the digitalisation of the Kerala State Electricity Licensing Board.
The portal runs at samraksha.ceikerala.gov.in.
The Licensing Board is the authority that licenses electrical wiremen, supervisors and contractors in the State.
It is distinct from the Kerala State Electricity Board, which generates, transmits and sells power; the Licensing Board regulates who is qualified to do electrical work.
The Board sits within the Electrical Inspectorate, whose head is the Chief Electrical Inspector.
Moving a licence register online is a straightforward e-governance step: the record moves from paper files to a single searchable database.
The notice was issued through the Information and Public Relations Department.
Portal:samraksha.ceikerala.gov.inLast date to register:December 15
Why it matters for exams: The difference between the Kerala State Electricity Licensing Board and the Kerala State Electricity Board is a classic Kerala PSC trap, and the Chief Electrical Inspector is a named office.
The Motor Vehicles Department and the police have jointly run Safe Auto, an awareness programme for auto-taxi drivers.
Classes covered women's safety, drug awareness and road safety.
They were taken by the District Narcotics Cell Inspector and an Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector.
The class was held in the Planning Hall of the Alappuzha Collectorate.
Officials said stickers will be fitted on auto-rickshaws so that drivers can alert the police quickly in an emergency.
The Motor Vehicles Department is the State agency that registers vehicles, licenses drivers and enforces the Motor Vehicles Act; an Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector is one of its field ranks.
A District Narcotics Cell is the district-level anti-drugs unit of the police.
Programme:Safe AutoDepartments involved:Motor Vehicles Department and the police
Why it matters for exams: The Motor Vehicles Department's field ranks and the Motor Vehicles Act it enforces are standing Kerala PSC questions.
The Canara Bank Rural Self-Employment Training Institute at Mathara in Kozhikode has invited applications for a free ten-day course in mushroom cultivation.
The institute works under the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
People aged between eighteen and forty-nine may apply, and the last date is November 16.
A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute, or RSETI, is run by a sponsor bank in a district, with support from the Ministry of Rural Development and the State.
The model is that a bank which lends to rural borrowers also trains them first, so that the loan goes into a trade the borrower can actually run.
Mushroom growing is a standard RSETI trade because it needs little land and gives a quick first harvest.
Canara Bank, the sponsor here, is a public sector bank with its head office at Bengaluru.
Course length:10 daysAge limit:18 to 49Last date:November 16
Why it matters for exams: RSETI, its sponsor-bank model and the Ministry of Rural Development behind it are repeat Kerala PSC and banking-exam questions.
The Alappuzha district office of the Soil Survey and Soil Conservation Department of Keralam is holding a painting competition and an agricultural quiz to mark World Soil Day.
The painting competition is open to children in the lower primary, upper primary and high school sections, and the quiz to high school and higher secondary students.
Each school may enter three children for the painting and two for the quiz.
The themes are soil, nature and the environment, and all the events will be held on November 21.
Names must be registered by five in the evening on November 19.
World Soil Day is observed on 5 December every year, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads the observance.
Soil Survey and Soil Conservation is a separate department in Keralam, distinct from the Agriculture Department, and it maps soils and runs watershed and conservation work.
Day marked:World Soil DayEvents held on:November 21Registration closes:5 pm on November 19
Why it matters for exams: World Soil Day and the FAO that leads it, and the existence of a separate Soil Survey and Soil Conservation Department in Keralam, are both asked directly.
This item is the background to the Keralam Cabinet's decision on Wednesday to recommend that the Assembly sit from November 30 to December 10.
The power to summon a State legislature belongs to the Governor, who exercises it on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
The Governor also prorogues the House, which ends a session, and may dissolve the Legislative Assembly, which ends its life.
Prorogation is not the same as adjournment: the Speaker adjourns a sitting, the Governor prorogues a session.
There is a rule about the gap between sessions: six months may not pass between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next.
The Governor also addresses the first session after a general election and the first session of each year.
A Bill passed by the House becomes law only when the Governor assents, or when the President does, if the Bill is reserved.
Maximum gap between sessions:Six monthsWho prorogues a session:The Governor
Why it matters for exams: Summoning, prorogation, dissolution and the six-month rule between sessions are among the most frequently asked facts about a State legislature.