Approval was given abolish the 5% turnover tax imposed on the distilleries, which are involved in the production and marketing of foreign liquor, to make 5% hike in the sale tax charged on foreign liquor as per the Kerala General Sales Tax Act 1963 and to make 1% increase in the warehouse margin charged by Kerala Beverages Corporation. The price of the foreign liquor procured by Kerala State Beverage Corporation from distilleries shall remain unchanged. But the price of imported foreign liquor will be hiked by 2%.

A Bill shall be introduced in the state Assembly to bring amendment to the Kerala General Sales Tax Act 1963 as 4% increase needs to be done on the Kerala State Common Sales Tax rate, chargeable on the foreign liquor.

An additional government guarantee for Rs.100 crores shall be provided to the Kerala State Women’s Development Finance Corporation towards enabling the Corporation to avail funds from National Minority Development Finance Corporation.

The criteria/ guidelines towards identifying eligible persons among the prisoners for considering remission in the tenure of imprisonment, which is awarded during the special occasions such as Independence day, Republic Day, State Reintegration Day etc.

It was decided to abolish the document registration fees for registering the land purchased with the funds released by the Department of Scheduled Caste/Tribes Welfare as part of the scheme for rehabilitation of the landless/homeless people among the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Communities.