Two Bills to be considered in nine-day Keralam Assembly session starting October 12

The second session of the 16th Keralam Legislative Assembly, to be held from October 12 to October 29, will consider a number of Bills, Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said on Friday.

As per the approved schedule, two Bills — the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — will be considered during the session. Mr. Radhakrishnan said two more Bills are likely to come up for consideration. However, a decision on this will be taken by the House’s Business Advisory Committee, which is scheduled to meet on Monday.

The nine-day session is meant chiefly for government business.

The supplementary demands for grants for the 2026-27 Revised Budget will be tabled on October 15.

The House will not be in session from October 19 to October 23.

The discussion and voting on the supplementary demands for grants for 2026-27 and the demands for excess grants for 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21 and 2021-22 will be held on October 26. The Appropriation Bills relating to these demands for grants will be considered on October 29, the final day of the session.

Legislature book fest to become literary festival

Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said the annual Kerala Legislature International Book Festival (KLIBF) would be expanded into a literary festival. However, the event would also see a cut in expenditure in view of the fiscal crisis faced by the State, he said.

‘Kerala’ or ‘Keralam’?

Mr. Radhakrishnan said ‘Keralaniyamasabha’ was grammatically correct as a single word in Malayalam when referring to the Keralam Legislative Assembly. He said he had consulted grammarians on the issue and that ‘Keralam Niyamasabha’ need not be used.

“These are issues that we tend to face in a transition period,” he said, referring to the recent official change in the name of the State from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’. The Union Home Ministry notified ‘Keralam’ as the State’s new name in August.