ANY budget is a statement of estimates of income receipts and expenditure of the government for the coming fiscal year. The Kerala Budget of 2026-27 goes much beyond into a political statement of a state government commitment to people, in the context of erosion of fiscal federalism and neoliberal straitjacketing.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 25, 2026

THE CPI(M) strongly opposes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel.

In a statement issued by General Secretary Muralidharan, the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), has strongly condemned the arrest of nearly 2,500 disabled protesters in Chennai yesterday. Disabled people in the state have been on a continuous protest since the last six days demanding an enhancement in amount disbursed as disability allowance in the state. They are demanding that it be increased from the current Rs 1,500 to a minimum of Rs.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan emphasized that Kerala must move forward on its own strength rather than rely on external aid. Speaking at the inauguration of the 5th International Kerala Studies Congress, he noted that in the last four years, the Central Government denied the state nearly ₹2 lakh crore. While central allocations account for 80% of revenue in some states, Kerala depends on it for only 20–25%.

THE release of documents from the Epstein files has done more than expose the depravity of one man. The documents illuminate the dark truths of a new model of “bonding” between political power, corporates, financial institutions, the wealthy and the influential. Structural class-based bonding is hardly new, nor is treating criminality and impunity as entitlement. But the files show how deep the rot is — the elimination of even the semblance of morality as a reference point in systems devoted to private profit.