Kerala Launches AI-Led Governance Overhaul to Streamline Administration

Key facts

• The Kerala government launched an AI-assisted governance overhaul to modernise its bureaucracy and improve ease of doing business and ease of living.
• The reforms include the creation of a Co-ordination and Programme Management Division (CPMD) in the Office of the Chief Secretary to monitor priority projects.
• A Business Policy and Process Re-engineering (BPPR) Cell has been established to revise the Secretariat Office Manual and Rules of Business using AI-assisted tools.
• Kerala will implement a 'once-only' data-sharing principle by integrating DigiLocker-based document management for citizen services.
• The SAMPATH portal will serve as a GIS-based digital register of state-owned land, buildings and other public assets.
• The VEGAM framework aims to accelerate land acquisition by reducing the pre-notification process from 18-24 months to an estimated three to four months.