Kerala Government Online Services

Kerala Government provides numerous services to the people in different sections of the society through several departments.

Wondering how to get details about all the services under one roof? Yes, you are at the right place to learn about it.

Here are the details of various Kerala Government Departments and their services.

Revenue Department Certificate Services

Following are a few of the services of the Revenue department. 

Caste Certificate

A caste certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government confirming his/her caste.

A Caste Certificate is the proof of one’s belonging to a particular caste, especially one belonging to any of the ‘Scheduled Castes’, ‘Scheduled Tribe’, and the Backward Class as specified in the Indian Constitution.

To be able to avail of the privileges reserved for a particular caste, a citizen belonging to the caste must have a valid Caste Certificate. Caste certificate is issued for SC/ST Applicants only, for others (General) community certificate is issued.

A detailed guide on caste certificates in Kerala is provided below.

How to get Caste Certificate in Kerala?

Income certificate

An income certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government confirming his/her annual income.

The Income certificate contains the details of the annual income of a person/family from all kinds of resources.

A detailed guide on income certificates is provided below

How to get Income Certificate in Kerala?

Nativity certificate

A nativity certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government certifying the Indian origin of an applicant or whose relations such as parents/grandparents lived in that particular state.

It is used for availing quota at the educational level, for applying for Government jobs, permitting students to apply for scholarship schemes, etc.

A detailed guide on nativity certificates is provided below

How to get a Nativity certificate in Kerala?

Community Certificate

A community certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government confirming his/her caste and community.

A Community Certificate is the proof of one’s belonging to a particular caste and community, especially in case one belongs to any of the ‘Scheduled Castes’, ‘Scheduled Tribe’, and the Backward Class as specified in the Indian Constitution.

A detailed guide on community certificates is provided below.

How to get Community Certificate in Kerala?

Domicile Certificate

A domicile certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government confirming the residence of the applicant. A Domicile/Residence Certificate is generally issued to prove that the person bearing the certificate is a Domicile/Resident of the State/UT by which the certificate is being issued.

Domicile Certificate can be made only in one State/UT. Obtaining a Domicile Certificate from more than one State/UT is an offense.

This Certificate is required as proof of residence to avail Domicile/Resident Quotas in educational institutions and the Government Service, as also in case of jobs where residents are preferred.

A detailed guide on domicile certificates is provided below.

How to get Domicile Certificate in Kerala?

Minority Certificate

A minority certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government confirming that the person belongs to the minority community.

It is used to apply for pension service and school admission with fees concession. Minorities in Kerala include Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Buddha, and Parsi.

A detailed guide on minority certificates is provided below.

How to get Minority Certificate in Kerala?

Occupancy Certificate

Certificate of Occupancy is a document certifying a building's compliance with applicable building codes and other laws, and indicating it to be in a condition suitable for occupancy.

A detailed guide on the Occupancy certificate is provided below.

How to get an Occupancy Certificate in Kerala?

Location Certificate

A location certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government containing the general plan of the property and the geographical position of all the elements present in the property.

A detailed guide on the location certificate is provided below.

How to get a Location Certificate in Kerala?

Possession Certificate

This one is a legal document that proves the ownership of a property which the property seller gives to the buyer specifying the possession date of the property.

A possession certificate is issued by the Tahsildar in rural areas and RDO in urban areas.

A detailed guide on the possession certificate is provided below.

How to get Possession Certificate in Kerala?

Legal Heir certificate

Legal Heir certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government establishing the relationship between the deceased and legal heirs. Once the death certificate is acquired from the municipality/corporation, the successors must apply for this legal heir certificate to claim their right over the deceased person’s properties and dues.

A detailed guide on the Legal Heir certificate is provided below.

How to get a Legal Heir Certificate in Kerala?

Life Certificate

A life certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government confirming that the individual is still alive. Governments, pension and insurance companies, and other bodies may need to check periodically that the people they are paying have not died so that they do not overpay annuities and pensions.

A Life Certificate is also called a Proof of Life, Certificate of Existence, or Letter of Existence.

A detailed guide on the life certificate is provided below.

How to get Life Certificate in Kerala?

Conversion certificate

A conversion certificate is an official statement provided to the citizen by the state government to a citizen as proof that he/she had converted from one religion to another. This certificate is needed to avail certain benefits provided to certain castes to which the citizen was converted.

A detailed guide on the conversion certificate is provided below.

How to get a conversion certificate in Kerala?

LSGD Services

Local Self Government Department (LSGD) focuses on bringing together all the five services- panchayat, Rural development, urban affairs, local self-government engineering, and urban-rural planning in order to form a single unified department LSG. The Department of local self Government also manages and monitors the municipal bodies in the states. 

Let's take a look into the services provided by LSGD

Birth Certificate

A birth certificate is the most important identity document that makes it possible for anyone in possession of it to benefit from a gamut of services offered by the Indian Government to its citizens.

It becomes necessary to obtain a Birth Certificate because it serves to establish the date and fact of one's birth for a whole range of purposes, like acquiring the right to vote, admission to schools and to the Government Service, claiming the right to marry at the legally permissible age, settlement of inheritance and property rights, and obtaining Government-issued identity documents like a driving license or passport. 

A detailed guide on obtaining the birth certificate in Kerala is provided below.

How to Get a Birth Certificate in Kerala?

Marriage Certificate

A marriage certificate is a document that provides valuable evidence of marriage, social security, self-confidence particularly among married women. A certificate of marriage is an official document confirming the evidence of marriage.

A detailed guide on obtaining the Marriage Certificate in Kerala is provided below.

How to Get Marriage Certificate in Kerala?

Motor Vehicles Department Services

Kerala Motor Vehicle Department has accountability for providing registration of vehicles, issuance of driving license, collecting of road taxes, etc.

Here are a few services provided by the Motor Vehicles Department.

Fitness certificate

Under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act, the registration of the vehicle is treated as valid only if the vehicle has a valid certificate of fitness.

Here is the procedure with steps that are involved in obtaining a fitness certificate.

How to get a fitness certificate of the vehicle in Kerala

Starting Business in Kerala

Depending on the type of business, you might need to obtain various approvals during the pre-commissioning and post-commissioning stage of business. Here, we are listing down all the types of approvals required for starting a business in Kerala. You might not need to get all of the approvals. Depending on the type of business, you might need to get a few of the below approvals. 

Civil Supplies Department Services

Here are the procedures of applying for a new ration card, getting a duplicate ration card or permanently removing a member/members from the ration card.

All the information about Ration Cards in Kerala

Wrapping Up

Although these services are one click away it has extensive procedures. But by using the available tools in an efficient way it would be easy.

Hope you get an idea about how to get various Kerala Government services.