Information Kerala Mission – Appointment of Shri K. Unneenkutty, former Registrar, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management as Group Director (Corporate Management) of Information Kerala Mission

Reconstitution of the State Development Council

Local Self Government (Rural Development) Department - Winding up of DRDAs and Merging with District Panchayats - Withdrawal of Stay Operationalised - Orders Issued.

Local Self government Department- Decentralised Planning - Release of 1st installment of Development Fund 2006-07 -Erattum issued

BUDGET ESTIMATES 2005-06- MAINTENANCE GRANT FOR ROAD AND NON ROAD ASSETS UNDER THE CONTROL OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS- RECLASSIFICATION OF BUDGET PROVISION AND ACCOUNTS UNDER THE MAJOR HEAD OF ACCOUNT "2515-OTHER RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES (NON-PLAN)" '2217- URBAN DEVELOPMENT (NON-PLAN)' AND '3054- ROADS AND BRIDGES (NON-PLAN) '_ ORDERS ISSUED.

Improving local level statistics and strengthening the monitoring of the fiscal and development performance of local Government- Responsibilities of the department of Economics

Centrally Sponsored Scheme - Initiative for strengthening Urban Infrastructure (ISUI) - implementation - Administrative Sanction- Orders issued

Local Self Government Department - Computerisation of Local Self Government Institutions – Infrastructure services through Public Private Partnership – Bid through Build Operate Lease Transfer (BOLT) – Arrangements for bid management – Reconstitution of the Committee – Sanctioned – Orders issued.

Rural Development - Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana - Technical Sanction of Works - Authorising Assistant Executive Engineers of DRDAs and Assistant Engineers of Blocks also to issue Technical Sanction - Orders issued.

Local Self Government Department - Computerisation of Local Bodies - Infrastructure by Public Private Partnership (under Build Operate Lease & Transfer mode) through Kerala State Industrial Corporation (KSIDC) - amendment to Request for Proposal approved - orders issued.