Kerala Government Schemes

Rs 1,000 per month to the close relative sheltering a destitute widow

One-time financial assistance of Rs 25,000 on remarriage

A monthly social security pension for agricultural labourers in Kerala, paid through the Sevana Pension system by Direct Benefit Transfer

Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh to build a house, or a flat in a LIFE housing complex for landless homeless families

Rs 2,000 per month paid through DBT to unmarried women aged 50 and above

Rs 2,000 per month welfare pension paid by DBT across five social security pension categories

Rs 6,000 per year for up to 3 years of a polytechnic diploma course

Rs 15,000 per student for the academic year, granted once during the course period

Rs 5,000 for UG, Rs 6,000 for PG, Rs 7,000 for professional courses, or a Rs 13,000 hostel stipend

Non-refundable grant of Rs 50,000 to repair the applicant's house

Merit award of up to Rs 15,000 for high-scoring minority community students in Kerala

One-time grant of Rs 1,500 for the academic year, paid by DBT to the student's bank account

One-time scholarship of Rs 15,000 for the academic year

One Arka Vertical Garden unit worth Rs 22,100 with a Rs 15,525 subsidy, installed at the beneficiary's home

40 to 50 per cent subsidy on approved farm machinery, higher for groups setting up custom hiring centres

Rs 30,000 subsidy per outboard motor below 10 HP for traditional fishing craft

Up to Rs 10,000 per unit for fishing net purchase, or 50 per cent of gear cost capped at Rs 6,000 under the gear component

75 per cent subsidy on a rooftop or container vegetable unit, limited to Rs 2,000 per unit, plus free vegetable seed kits and seedlings for the household

Subsidised inputs, quality seedlings, pest and disease management, climbing devices, irrigation units and value-addition support for coconut farmers inside a notified Keragramam

Free vegetable seed kits and seedlings, plus 75 per cent subsidy up to Rs 2,000 on a rooftop or container garden unit

Up to 85 per cent subsidy on drip and sprinkler irrigation equipment

40 to 60 per cent back-ended subsidy on polyhouses, shade net houses, rain shelters and mushroom units

A campaign-mode drive to bring fallow land under food crops, delivered through Krishi Bhavans in convergence with local self-government institutions and the department's regular crop development schemes

Free vegetable seed kits and seedlings for households, 75 per cent subsidy up to Rs 2,000 for rooftop and container units, and Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 per hectare for cluster cultivation

Free assistive device supplied by the Social Justice Department

Funding support to voluntary organisations, NGOs and local self-governments running vocational training, day care, ICT training and assisted living projects for persons with disabilities

Free cashless cancer treatment for children under 18 at designated government hospitals

Free toll-free assistance for senior citizens — information, guidance, emotional support, counselling referral, legal help and on-ground field intervention

Rs 4,000 per month as rent assistance for hostel or accommodation

Up to Rs 15,000 as one-time assistance to start a small income-generating activity

One-time self-employment grant of Rs 20,000 to crime victims and their dependents

A free complete artificial tooth set fitted at an empanelled government dental college or dental treatment centre

One-time grant of Rs 30,000 to a legally married transgender couple

Rs 2,000 per month to a mother with a disability until the child turns 2 years old

One-time marriage assistance of Rs 30,000

Free enrolment in Class 4, Class 7, Class 10 and higher secondary equivalency courses for transgender persons

Monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for dialysis, transplant, haemophilia and sickle cell patients

Financial assistance of up to Rs 1 lakh per year for professional degree and diploma courses

Free day care at a Sayamprabha centre — social interaction, yoga, counselling, physiotherapy, medical check-ups and food at least twice a day

A certified age-and-residence proof recognised by Kerala government departments, used to claim senior citizen concessions and to enrol in Social Justice Department schemes for the elderly

Up to Rs 10,000 to each selected person with disability training in arts or sports, for 10 beneficiaries per district

Monthly financial assistance of Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 depending on the class the child studies in

Monthly allowance of Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,700 for Endosulfan victims, plus annual education assistance

Monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,000 to unwed mothers, payable up to the age of 60

One-time self-employment assistance of Rs 35,000

Free treatment at selected government hospitals for children below 18 with specified chronic diseases

One-time grant of up to Rs 25,000, inclusive of training, for modern tools and machinery

Educational assistance of up to Rs 24,000 a year for transgender students in distance education

Free Ayurvedic treatment, palliative care and counselling inside government old age homes

One free glucometer for a BPL senior citizen certified as diabetic

Free medicines and mobile clinic consultation, doorstep palliative care and help-desk support for senior citizens

Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 for study materials and Rs 1,500 for uniforms for students with 40 percent or more disability

Scholarship of Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 for a 10-month academic year, by class studied

Cash award of Rs 8,000 at degree level and Rs 10,000 at PG or professional level, plus certificate and memento

Rs 1,100 per month as pension to elderly traditional Viswakarma artisans

Rs 60,000 monthly consolidated fellowship plus Rs 75,000 annual contingency for up to 2 years

Rs 1,00,000 monthly fellowship, Rs 18,500 housing allowance and up to Rs 7.5 lakh yearly research grant

Cash awards of Rs 1,00,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 plus a free entrepreneurship workshop

Rs 50,000 per month in India or USD 1,500 per month abroad, plus up to Rs 50,000 contingency

Up to Rs 40 lakh over three years for a joint academia-industry biotechnology project

Rs 31,000 per month fellowship plus Rs 1,00,000 annual contingent grant for up to 3 years

Rs 60,000 monthly fellowship plus Rs 75,000 annual contingency grant for up to 2 years

Annual scholarship rising from Rs 12,000 in UG year 1 to Rs 60,000 in PG year 2 for basic science students

Support to establish three model school laboratories — Physics, Chemistry and Biology — plus teacher training

Research grant up to Rs 30 lakh for three years, plus Rs 45,000 monthly fellowship for investigators without a salary

Rs 50,000 cash prize, certificate, research grant up to Rs 50 lakh and international travel support

50 per cent of the modernisation cost of a rural barbershop, subject to a maximum of Rs 25,000

One-time grant of Rs 25,000 to buy modern pottery machinery and modernise the trade

An official birth certificate issued from the Kerala local body register of births, accepted for school admission, Aadhaar, passport and every proof of age or parentage

A permanent Kerala civil registration record of a death, downloadable from the K-Smart citizen portal for municipalities and corporations or the ILGMS citizen portal for grama panchayats

A common marriage certificate issued by a Kerala local self government institution, accepted for passports, spouse visas, NRI sponsorship, bank nominations and name change

A local self government trade licence (D&O licence) allowing you to run a named trade at a named premises inside a Kerala panchayat, municipality or corporation

A digitally signed Community Certificate recording your caste or community, accepted by Kerala departments, universities and recruiters for reservation and category-linked benefits

A Revenue Department certificate proving permanent residence in a Kerala village, town or ward, used for residence quotas in colleges and in government service

An Income and Asset Certificate proving Economically Weaker Section status, used to claim the 10% EWS reservation in central and Kerala government recruitment and in educational admissions

A certificate of annual family income issued by the Village Officer of the Department of Land Revenue and accepted across Kerala government departments

An official record of who holds a survey number in Kerala, with the thandaper account, extent, land tax position and survey sketch, accepted by banks, courts, Village Offices and registration offices

A lifetime-valid Land Revenue Department certificate naming the legal heirs of a deceased person, used for insurance, retirement benefit, pension, gratuity and provident fund claims

A Non-Creamy-Layer Certificate certifying that you belong to a community designated as a Backward Class in Kerala and do not fall in the creamy layer, in the prescribed Kerala form

Your name entered in the thandaper (basic tax register) of the village, so land tax is assessed and receipted in your name for the surveyed subdivision you bought or inherited

An official Land Revenue Department certificate confirming widow, widower or destitute status, used to claim Kerala welfare pensions and relaxations, with the Destitute Certificate valid for 3 years

An official Kerala Police certificate stating you are not involved in any offence, carrying a QR code and your photograph, accepted for jobs, passport, visa and licence purposes

An official statement of every registered transaction affecting a specific property in Kerala for the years you ask for, issued in Form 15 or the nil-encumbrance Form 16 by the Sub Registrar

A sale deed registered under the Registration Act 1908 that gives you legally recognised title to the property and a permanent entry in the Kerala registration records

Capital investment subsidy of 15 to 45 per cent for manufacturing MSMEs in Kerala

25 per cent capital investment subsidy limited to Rs 40 lakh for special category promoters

20 per cent rebate on cotton and silk khadi year-round, 30 per cent on notified special rebate days

Combined revival assistance of up to Rs 5 lakh per stressed MSME unit

Reimbursement of patent costs up to Rs 2 lakh (India) and Rs 10 lakh (international)

30 to 40 percent of project cost as a back-ended margin money grant

Interest subvention of up to 6 per cent for five years on a business loan up to Rs 10 lakh

Rs 40,000 seed capital per SHG member for working capital and small tools

Concessional term loan of up to Rs 50 lakh at 7.50 per cent for women-owned enterprises

Cashless hospitalisation cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care

Cashless treatment support for cancer, kidney, heart, haemophilia and palliative care

Rs 1.5 lakh cashless floater cover per three-year block, plus a separate additional benefit package of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 20 lakh

Cashless trauma care up to Rs 1.5 lakh for up to 7 days after a road accident

Cashless cochlear implant surgery, rehabilitation therapy, processor upgrade and Rs 50,000 a year maintenance support

A per-litre incentive on milk poured through a registered dairy cooperative society, paid on top of the society's procurement price

Subsidy on milch animal purchase, heifer rearing, cattle shed construction and milking machines

Effective 4 per cent interest on NHG bank linkage loans up to Rs 3 lakh, and 5 per cent subvention on agriculture loans up to Rs 1 lakh

Rs 10,000 per member for group units and Rs 7,500 for individual units, subject to 50 and 30 per cent project cost limits

KBOCWWB membership and identity card, giving a registered construction worker access to pension, family and invalid pension, death and funeral benefit, medical, maternity, marriage, housing and tool loans, scholarships and cash awards

A registration certificate under the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act 1960, digitally signed and downloadable from the Labour Commissionerate's online system

A ration card in one of Kerala's five categories — AAY, PHH, NPS, NPNS or NPI — that fixes the household's entitlement at any of the state's 10,015 ration shops

Central financial assistance up to Rs 78,000 on a domestic rooftop solar plant, with KSEB handling net metering and grid connection

Central financial assistance up to Rs 78,000 for a domestic rooftop solar plant, delivered through ANERT-empanelled installers

Up to Rs 5,000 per project for a group of up to 5 school students in Classes VIII to XII

Up to Rs 10,000 per project for polytechnic and undergraduate students carrying out a one-year science project

Grants and IP facilitation to move a laboratory technology towards commercial use