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Kerala Roundtable Sets Roadmap for 73 Budget Projects
Kerala plans to hold a three-day meeting about 73 important budget projects.
The meeting is called Reimagining Keralam.
Government officials, experts, investors and other groups will attend.
They will decide what each project should do and who should lead it.
They will also estimate the money and resources needed.
The projects include work in technology, industry, tourism, transport, health and education.
The meeting will create a draft plan for every project.
After approval, those plans can be used to prepare detailed studies and begin the projects.
A three-day Reimagining Keralam roundtable will address 73 projects announced in the 2026–27 Kerala Budget.
The conference will run from September 16 to 18 at Lemon Tree Premier and Hilton Garden Inn in Thiruvananthapuram.
More than 40 government departments and agencies will work with experts, investors and other stakeholders.
Discussions will define project ownership, funding, institutional arrangements, implementation strategies and completion timelines.
Draft Project Scope Documents will guide approvals, feasibility studies, DPRs, consultant appointments and project development.
- Who
- The Kerala government, more than 40 departments and agencies, ministers, officials, experts, investors, startups and other stakeholders.
- What
- A three-day Reimagining Keralam roundtable to create implementation roadmaps for 73 budget projects.
- Where
- Lemon Tree Premier and Hilton Garden Inn in Thiruvananthapuram.
- When
- September 16 to 18.
- Why
- To establish project scope, ownership, funding, institutional arrangements and timelines, while speeding implementation and avoiding duplicated studies.
Key facts
- Initiative
- Reimagining Keralam, under the theme Ideas, Projects, Actions
- Projects covered
- 73 major projects announced in the 2026–27 State Budget
- Duration
- Three days, from September 16 to 18
- Participating government bodies
- More than 40 departments and agencies
- Opening focus
- Industrial and technology initiatives, including Mission Samudra, industrial corridors and artificial intelligence
- Key output
- A Draft Project Scope Document for each programme
- Follow-up
- Approved documents will support Terms of Reference, Requests for Proposals, feasibility studies and Detailed Project Reports
Quotes
VD Satheesan
Chief Minister of Keralam
“This novel initiative is conceived as a Government-led institutional mechanism to provide a structured platform for consultation, assessment and decision-making on major programmes announced in the 2026–27 State Budget.”
deccanchronicle.com
“Reimagining Keralam reflects the collective thinking leading to collective action. It brings diverse perspectives together around the government's vision of transforming ideas into projects and projects into action.”
deccanchronicle.com
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