<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has allocated 2000 crore rupees to acquire land for the State's proposed semi-high speed rail project "Silver Line". Presenting the State budget for the fiscal 2022-23  in the State Assembly today, the Finance Minister expressed hope that the Centre would give green signal for the State's ambitious and  'eco-friendly' rail project that connects Thiruvananthapuram with Kasaragod.  <br />''<br />''The budget that gives major thrust on agriculture, health care, higher education, information technology, housing and infrastructure development, also sets aside  2000 crores to regulate Covid-19 induced price rise.<br />''<br />''The budget session of the State Assembly will conclude on the 18th of this month</span><br />