Overview
- The Kerala Assembly broke into a heated clash on Wednesday and opposition LDF MLAs staged a walkout after the Speaker disallowed an adjournment motion on the PM SHRI school scheme.
- The newly sworn UDF government has convened a four‑minister Cabinet subcommittee that met for the first time and will submit a report in about a month while the government says no final decision has been taken.
- An MoU between state and central education departments was signed in October 2025 but the LDF informed the Centre in November 2025 that implementation would be kept in abeyance and the scheme remains unimplemented in Kerala.
- Legal uncertainty has deepened after a senior advocate argued the October departmental MoU may be void under Article 299 and state Rules of Business, while the Education Minister cited clauses in the MoU saying only the Union can rescind it.
- The dispute has spilled into the streets with CPI protests and raises concrete fiscal and administrative questions because PM SHRI requires state steps to select schools and an estimated state share of costs that could reach around 40 percent and affect budget priorities.