Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 29 -- Ahead of the upcoming Union Budget, Kerala Minister of Law P Rajeev has urged the Union government to allocate more funds for the state's infrastructure and its transition to a knowledge-based economy in the upcoming Union Budget.

"We are not getting sufficient grants and benefits from the Union government," Rajeev said, emphasizing the need for increased financial support. He highlighted Kerala's shift towards becoming a knowledge society and stressed that infrastructure development requires greater assistance from the Centre.

"A major demand is for infrastructure activities and also for supporting the transformation to the knowledge economy... We are expecting a positive response in the budget this time,...