Kerala CM confident of good working relationship with Centre

As a policy, the Government had set apart one per cent of the budget for all departments for Youth entrepreneurship, which together stood at around Rs 500 crore.

This will be enhanced further and all the departments had been asked to submit their views on this, he said.

Chandy, whose ‘Mass Contact Programme' brought laurels to him including a UN award, said “We have been able to carry forward many of the items on our agenda and more remains to be done.”

On the development front, he said some projects like Kochi Metro and Kannur airport are on track. The first phase of the metro would be commissioned in 2016, he said.

The first flight would take off from Kannur International airport in north Kerala in December next year. The work on the airport terminal would start in July, he said.

Smartcity IT project in Kochi would be commissioned next year. The government was keen on time-bound completion of the proposed Mono Rail projects in Thiruvanathapuram and at Kozhikode.

The sea plane service, abandoned due to protest from people living in backwater areas, would be revived, he said.