Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced the state is free of extreme poverty. The opposition United Democratic Front rejected the claim as fraud. They boycotted the assembly session in protest. The Chief Minister responded that their actions reflect their own behavior. He stated the government implements what it says.

Kerala, led by Pinarayi Vijayan, becomes the first Indian state to eradicate extreme poverty, marking Kerala Piravi Day with a multidimensional poverty rate of just 0.48 percent.

Sudheesh Kumar, ex-Travancore Devaswom Board officer, was arrested by SIT in the Sabarimala gold theft case, joining Unnikrishnan Potty and B. Murari Babu as accused.