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Waste management in municipalities is crucial for several reasons,Public Health: Proper waste management helps prevent diseases and promotes a healthier environment by reducing exposure to hazardous substances.
Environmental Protection: It minimizes the impact on the environment by reducing pollution and conserving natural resources through recycling and reuse.
Urban Governance: The quality of waste management services reflects a city’s governance and its commitment to urban environmental health.

All services of local body governments in Kerala will be available on mobile screen from January 1, 2024, as the state launches its ambitious digitisation initiative, K-Smart.The e-governance project, the Kerala Solutions for Managing Administrative Reformation and Transformation (K-Smart), will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on January 1, making Kerala the first state to launch such a service.The K-Smart platform, developed by the Information Kerala Mission for the Local Self-Government Department, will facilitate numerous services, including applications for various cer

The Kerala Government launched K-SMART (Kerala Solutions for Managing Administrative Reformation and Transformation), which will bring all services of the three-tier local self-government institutions on a unified digital platform.

In Kerala, the agriculture sector continues to be the primary source of livelihood for a majority of the population. Agriculture and allied sector in the State contributed about 11.28 per cent to total Gross State Value Added (GSVA) in 2021-22(Q) at current prices. In the 13th Five-Year Plan period, agriculture sector in the State was severely impacted due to the unforeseen adversities of cyclone Ockhi (2017), major flood in 2018, and the COVID-19 pandemic. After attaining annual growth rate of 2.11 per cent in 2017-18, it declined to negative growth rates in two succeeding years.