Kerala will be declared an open defecation - free state on November 1 this year, state Finance Minister Thomas Issac said on Friday.
November 1 is celebrated as Kerala Piravi (formation) Day every year as Kerala came into being on this day in 1956.
Presenting the first budget of the new Pinarayi Vijayan - led Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI - M) government, Issac said they aim to make Kerala the cleanest state in the country.
"We will be declaring Kerala an open defecation - free state on November 1 and for that all homes in Kerala which do not have a toilet will be provided one with the local self - government (bodies) stepping in for that, " said Issac while presenting the "alteration memorandum" of the state budget.
Vijayan assumed office on May 25 this year and Issac returned as the Finance Minister, a post that he held when V. S. Achuthanandan ruled the state during 2006 - 11.
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