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Known for taking on establishment, former Kerala top cop Jacob Thomas joins BJP
Known for taking on establishment, former Kerala top cop Jacob Thomas joins BJP
Former Kerala DGP Jacob Thomas, who joined the BJP in the presence of JP Nadda on Thursday, said the party will decide which seat he would contest in the upcoming Assembly elections.
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UPDATED: February 5, 2021 05:04 IST
Former Kerala DGP Jacob Thomas joining BJP in the presence of JP Nadda on Thursday (Picture Courtesy: Facebook @Rajesh Rai Badiadka)
Kerala s former top cop Jacob Thomas joined the BJP on Thursday in the presence of the party s national president JP Nadda. The state s former director general of police (DGP), Jacob Thomas was inducted into the BJP at a function in Kerala s Thrissur.
8,49,200 new vehicles in Kerala in 2019-2020
Deviating from the compounded annual growth rate of above 10% for the past two decades, the growth of vehicle population in Kerala has decreased by 6.36% in 2020 over the previous year’s 10.7%.
The number of newly registered vehicles in 2019-2020 was 8,49,200 in the State compared to 12,92,295 vehicles registered in 2018-2019. Of the new vehicles that hit the road, 65% were motorcycles (5,85,740), 22% four wheelers (1,91, 891), goods vehicles and autorickshaws 5% each, buses 1% and tractors, tillers and others 2%.
The number of vehicles having valid registrations as on March 31, 2020 is 1,41,84,184 against 1,33,34,984 in the previous year. This for the first time since 2015-16 that the vehicle registrations have shown a decline. In 2015-16, the percentage increase over the previous year was 8. The growth was 8% in 2016-2017, 9% in 2017-2018 and 10.7% in 2018- 2019. The highest growth of vehicle population of 17% over the previous ye