WHAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE OF KERALA ?


As on January 2019, the number of people employed in various departments of the state of Kerala was 5,15,739. Adding pensioners of 4,38,535, as on 31 March 2018 the total comes to 9,54,274. The lowest pay scale as per pay revision from 01.07.2014 is:
16500-500/900-35700.
The highest pay scale as per pay revision from 01.07.2014 is:
93000-2000/2400-120000. Salary expenditure in 2017-18 was:
₹32,349 crores and the pension expenditure during the same period was %19,938 crores, making a total of ₹52,287. Further to these every minister and the cabinet ranked person can appoint 15 staff from private secretary to confidential assistant to cook.  The highest pay scale of them is 1.07 lakh - 1.6 lakh and the lowest is 23,000 to 50,200
 The minimum monthly salary in the highest grade is 1.48 lakh and 26,910 to the lowest grade. Almost all of these appointments are under political considerations by the then ruling party. Over 300 such people are employed by all ministers with a salary expenditure of 1.82 crores. Revenue from sales of liquor through government outlets during 2018-19 was ₹14,508 crores. Revenue from lottery during this period was ₹9,276 crores.

Total budgeted receipts during 2018-19 ₹1,02,801 (excluding borrowings and other receipts )
GSDP of Kerala for the year 2020-21 -  9.78 lakh crore. External remittance to the state during 2020 - 21 is 1,17,036.

In the tourism sector Kerala had record growth of 17.2% during the year 2019. 1.96 crore tourists visited the state both domestic and foreign together making a total earnings of 45,010.69 crores with a healthy increase of 24.14%. This is the glimpse of Kerala economy.

Leaving various taxes and duties, the successive governments are surviving by the external remittance from the Malayalees living abroad. Adding to this some more money is coming from the tourism sector. The governments one after the other is not putting in efforts to enhance the revenue by productive means thereby deploying the huge surplus man power we have. We prefer the third rated method of taking loan from all available sources. The government that take the loan has no liability of repayment of the same. This practice should be stopped forthwith. As per the white paper brought out by UDF the debt of the state government was 1.5 lakh crore when the LDF government came into power in 2016. During the tenure of LDF government the debt mounted to about 4.00 lakhs crore.

No goverment can survive on debt unless have adequate resources to repay the same. Since the people do not bear the direct responsibility ot the repayment, they too are not bothered about this matter. However, sooner or later it may surface as an unbearable burden for the state. All developmental activities may suddenly become standstill. Are we waiting for that day to find an answer to this?


K V George

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