Kerala’s reconstituted State Planning Board will hold its first full-member meeting at its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday, with the draft framework of the 15th Five-Year Plan and district-level development priorities on the agenda.
The meeting is scheduled for 11.30am and will be chaired by Chief Minister V D Satheesan, according to a report by the Times of India. State Planning Board vice-chairperson K M Chandrasekhar, ministers P K Kunhalikutty, Sunny Joseph, Mons Joseph, Shibu Baby John and C P John are expected to attend along with board members and senior officials.
The board is expected to examine the draft framework for Kerala’s 15th Five-Year Plan, covering the 2027–32 period. The meeting will also consider the vision and objectives of the state’s 2027–28 annual plan, which will guide the preparation of projects and departmental priorities for that financial year.
The agenda includes development priorities for different districts, strategies for creating a “new Keralam”, measures to strengthen the state economy and welfare schemes. Proposals intended to improve revenue generation and accelerate development through coordinated planning are also expected to be discussed.
The board’s district focus is significant for the way state-level planning is translated into local projects. District priorities can influence the sequencing of public investments and the allocation of attention across sectors, although the report does not specify the individual projects or funding amounts that will be considered at the meeting.
The meeting will also bring together political representatives, planning officials and senior administrators as the state begins work on the next medium-term development framework. The board is expected to review how the annual plan’s objectives can be aligned with the longer five-year framework and with proposals intended to strengthen Kerala’s economy.
The State Planning Board’s discussions will cover both welfare-oriented programmes and development projects, indicating that the proposed plan is being framed across social and economic priorities rather than as a single-sector programme. Details of the draft plan, including specific targets, sectoral allocations and implementation timelines, were not provided in the report.
The immediate milestone is the full-member meeting on Thursday, after which the board’s deliberations are expected to inform further work on the 15th Five-Year Plan draft and the 2027–28 annual plan.
