# President Murmu approves bill renaming Kerala as Keralam 2026-08-17T10:29:53+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, making the state's renaming from Kerala to Keralam official. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 11 and by the Rajya Sabha the next day, greaterkashmir.com and english.mathrubhumi.com report. In the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution in 2024 urging the Centre to bring a law for the name change. The state government submitted that resolution to the Centre in June 2024. President Murmu then referred the Bill to the state legislature, which adopted a unanimous resolution agreeing with it. The Act amends the First Schedule to the Constitution under Article 3, changing the state's name from Kerala to Keralam. The legislation also contains necessary amendments and consequential provisions to give effect to the change. ## Coverage - greaterkashmir.com - english.mathrubhumi.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T17:18:14+00:00. Tags: Droupadi Murmu, Kerala, Nityanand Rai Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/president-murmu-signs-bill-renaming-kerala-as-keralam/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/president-murmu-signs-bill-renaming-kerala-as-keralam/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/