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News India Live, Digital Desk: The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has released its election manifesto for the Kerala Assembly elections 2026. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has made a series of populist promises while presenting the manifesto with the pledge of ‘Nava Keralam’ in Thiruvananthapuram. The LDF has made huge increase in social security pension and poverty alleviation its main weapon to retain power in the state.
10 important points of the manifesto:
Huge increase in pension: LDF has promised to increase the social security pension from the current ₹1600 if voted to power. ₹3000 per month Will be done. This promise will directly impact lakhs of elderly people and widows of the state.
End extreme poverty: The Chief Minister has pledged that ‘extreme poverty’ will be completely eliminated from Kerala in the next five years. For this, families will be identified at the micro level and assistance will be provided to them.
Employment Generation: to attract youth 40 lakh new jobs The target has been set to create opportunities. There will be special emphasis on IT, startups and agro-based industries.
Minimum Wage: The minimum wage rates for unskilled and semi-skilled workers will be revised to make them more respectable.
Relief to agriculture and farmers: It has been promised to increase the royalty paid for paddy cultivation and further improve the support price for rubber farmers.
Health and Education: There has been talk of making government hospitals more modern and continuing the expansion of ‘hi-tech’ facilities in schools.
Housing Scheme: Under ‘Life Mission’, the process of providing permanent houses to homeless families will be expedited.
Development of coastal area: Emphasis will be laid on special packages for the welfare of fishermen and development of infrastructure in coastal areas.
Overseas Malayali Welfare: New schemes for rehabilitation and investment on return of Keralites working abroad will be introduced.
Digital Kerala: The next phase of K-FON project will be implemented to provide high-speed internet to every corner of the state.
Vision of ‘Nava Keralam’
Releasing the manifesto, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that in the last 10 years, Kerala has set new paradigms of development. Taking aim at the opposition alliance UDF and BJP, he said that the people of Kerala want continuity of development and not communal or negative politics.
This manifesto of LDF has made the election battle in Kerala more interesting, because the opposition is already cornering the government on the issues of economic crisis and corruption. Now it remains to be seen how helpful this gamble of ₹3000 pension proves to be in helping LDF come to power for the third consecutive time.
