To know what is the contribution of Kerala to India's GDP.

1. GOD’S OWN COUNTRY
PRESENTED BY: VYSHNAVI. L. R (INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH; PUNE)

2. KERALA AT A GLANCE

4. INTRODUCTION:
▪ Kerala state is situated on the South Western part of the Indian peninsula.
▪ One of the most popular tourist destination in the country.
▪ Named as one of the ten paradises of the world by the national geographic traveller.
▪ Growing at a rate of 13.3%, the tourism industry is a major contributor to the state’s economy
(Government of Kerala (GOK), 2008).
▪ Popularly called as the “God’s Own Country”.
▪ Rich with 44 rivers and 15 major lakes.
▪ 97% of the black pepper and 85% of natural rubber in India comes from Kerala.
▪ Has the highest literacy rate, highest HDI, highest life expectancy and highest sex ratio in India.

5. KERALA AT A GLANCE
Statehood : 1st Nov 1956
Capital : Thiruvananthapuram
Area : 38,863 sq.km (22nd Rank)
Principal language : Malayalam
Districts : 14
HDI rank : 1st (0.712)
Literacy rate : 93.91% (2011 census)
Total Population : 33,387,677
Population rank : 13th
ISO 3166 Code : IN-KL
Rank by Literacy rate : 1st
Rank by Life expectancy : 1st
Largest District : Idukki
Smallest District : Alappuzha (Alleppey)
Population density : 860/sq.km
Denonym(s) : Keralite, Malayali

6. State Seal Animal : Elephant
Tree : Coconut
tree
Flower : Golden
Shower
Bird : Great Hornbill Fish : Pearl Spot
STATE SYMBOLS:

7. HINDU
53.9%
MUSLIM
24.3%
CHRISTIAN
21.5%
ALL OTHERS
0.4%
RELIGION IN KERALA:

8. FESTIVALS IN KERALA

9. ONAM:
▪ Largest festival in the state of Kerala.
▪ The festival lasts for ten days and is linked to many elements
of Kerala’s culture and tradition.
▪ The most impressive part of the Onam Celebration is the
grand feast called “Onasadhya”.
▪ The festival banishes all the barriers of castes and religion,
because in the empire of King Mahabali, people live in unison
and prosperity.
▪ It is said that truth is the only religion followed by people,
who belong to the empire of King Mahabali.

10. VISHU:
▪ It infuses in the mind of all Keralitis feelings of common legacy and
brotherhood.
▪ It is the day when sun transits from Pisces to Aries. According to
Indian astrological calculations, and represents the vernal equinox.
▪ "Vishu" in Sanskrit means "equal". It falls on 14th April. It is day of
equinox.
▪ On Vishu day, both day and night are of equal duration.
▪ The most important ritual followed on the Vishu day is called
‘Vishukani, which has much deeper meaning than we generally
understand. The Malayalam word kani literally means "that which is
seen first", so "Vishukani" means "that which is seen first on Vishu"

11. POORAM FESTIVAL:
• This festival is a mix of music, elephants,
colours, fireworks and devotion.
• The most striking feature of the Thrissur
Pooram is its very secular nature. Both the
Muslim and Christian communities actively
participate in the festival and they also play a
very dominant role in the very conduct of the
festival

12. EDUCATION

13. HISTORY:
▪ Gurukul System.
▪ Pallikoodams by Christian Missionaries irrespective
of caste and religion.
▪ In the 1860’s, the government spread the
educational programs into Malabar.

14. LITERACY RATE FROM 1961-2011:
55.08
69.75
78.85
89.81 90.92
93.91
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
%
(Years)

15. DIVISION OF
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:
▪ Kerala Primary Education.
▪ Kerala High School Education.
▪ Kerala Secondary Education (+2) / Vocational
Secondary Schools.
▪ Kerala Higher Education.
▪ Distance Education Program in Kerala.
▪ Kerala State Education Board.
▪ Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
(ICSE).
▪ Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE).
▪ National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
BOARDS OF EDUCATION:

16. EDUCATIONAL PARAMETERS:
~ Literacy rate: 93.91%
~ Total number of Literates: 28,234,227
~ Percentage of schools with one teacher: 0.1%
~ Dropouts (Grade I-V): 5.8%
~ Transition rate from Lower Primary to Upper-Primary Schools: 86.6%
~ Percentage of trained teachers: 98% (Primary) and 97% (Upper-Primary)
~ Pupil-Teacher ratio: 28 for both Primary and Upper-Primary
~ Female literacy rate: 87.7%
~ Gross enrollment ratio for classes (I-VIII): 96.2%

17. EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES:
▪ Free School Uniform Scheme: The project has been conceived jointly by the State government and the Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and will cover eligible students in classes I to VIII.
▪ Noon-Meal/Mid Day Meal Scheme: The Mid-Day Meal Scheme was first introduced in the state of Kerala in
1984.
▪ Total Physical Fitness Program: TPFP can be used by students to help them in planning personal fitness
programme and also by teachers to the determine student needs and to help guide students in programme
planning.
▪ Scholarships

18. ENTREPRENEURSHIP

19. Kerala State Entrepreneur Self Development Mission (KSSEDM):
▪ Kerala State Entrepreneur Self Development Mission (KSSEDM), aims at inculcating entrepreneurial
confidence among youth of the State through the process of selecting persons with aptitude and
earnestness, training them meticulously and enabling them avail finance on easy terms from
Banks/Financial Institutions.
▪ The Mission started with the aim of finding a solution to the unemployment of lakhs of educated
youths of the State will be a milestone and a model in development.

20. PARAMETERS:
▪ Ease of doing business score: 26.97%, Rank_20th (based on specific
parameters viz., starting a business, dealing with construction permits,
registering property, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing
contracts and resolving insolvency.
▪ Total amount disbursed by Mudra Bank Credit fund: Rs.2817 Cr
▪ Graduates engineers per year: 35,000
▪ VTP skill development: 5,000
▪ Startup failures: 18%
▪ Women Entrepreneurships: 38.91%

21. LAW & ORDER

22. LAW AND ORDER DATA:
▪ No of women police officers to total police
officers: 3,380 (6.42%)
▪ Child labour (successful rescue operations):
Appointed in 4 districts (Pathanamthitta,
Alappuzha, Kottayam & Kollam)
1. Operation Sharanabalyam - launched to
bring child labour under control during
pilgrimage seasons in Sabarimala.
▪ Government expenditure on police: 3,890 Cr
(15%)
▪ Number of civil policemen per lakh
population: 120
▪ Rape, molestation:
1. Child: 1010 cases
2. Marital rape: 1807 cases
3. Others: 3931 cases
▪ Total number of cases per lakh population: 455.8
1. Total IPC cases: 218,656
2. Total SLL cases: 378,886
▪ Murders/ Kidnapping:
1. Child murder: 23 (2017); Kidnapping: 161 (2017)
2. Adult murder: 264 (2017); Kidnapping: 261 (2017)
▪ Riots as percentage of total cognisable crimes: 16.3
per lakh population

23. AGRICULTURE

24. ▪ Cash crops, like coconuts, rubber, tea and coffee, pepper and
cardamom, cashew, areca nut, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon,
cloves and the like, give the agriculture of Kerala a distinct
flavour.
▪ Coconut and rubber together account for one half of the
cultivated land.
▪ Main cereal of Kerala is Rice and main fruits are mango and
jackfruit.
▪ Main spices are cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, ginger,
pepper and nutmeg.
▪ Other type of agricultural related activities include
aquaculture, honeybee culture, sericulture, mushroom
culture, poultry and cattle farming.
IMPORTANT FEATURES:

25. AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS:
▪ Contribution of agriculture to GDP (2017): 11.3%
▪ Percentage of cropped areas: 69.2% (2015-16); 26,27,577 Ha
▪ Cropping Intensity= Total cropped area/Net cropped area : 129.88%
▪ Area under paddy cultivation: 1,96,870 Ha
▪ Percentage of area irrigated of total cultivated land: 52.7%
▪ Farmer suicide rate (2014): 107 suicides; 1.9% of farmer suicides to all India total
▪ Crop yield (2015-16): 2404 kgs./Hec

26. GOVERNANCE

27. FRAMEWORK:
SL.NO TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TOTAL NUMBERS
1 Grama Panchayat 194
2 Block Panchayat 152
3 District Panchayat 14
4 Municipality 87
5 Municipal Corporation 6
Total in the State 1200

28. PARAMETERS:
▪ Number of e-transactions: 4817.80
▪ Panchayathi devolution index: 1st (2014-15)
▪ Percentage of women representatives in Panchayats: 6.06%
▪ Number of e-services rolled out by State Government: 7 (subdivisions of 36 e-services)
▪ Number of operational Common Service Centres as a percentage of total CSC’s: 95%

29. ECONOMY

30. ECONOMIC PARAMETERS:
▪ Unemployment rate: 12.6%
▪ Sex ratio (females per 1000 males): 1,084
▪ GSDP for service sector/population: 63.1% (2017)
▪ GSDP for manufacturing sector/population: 25.6% (2017)
▪ Per capita income: Rs.116,006 (2015) in USD 1800
▪ Consumer Price Index (CPI): [current period price/base period price] x100 = 152 (2017)
▪ Percentage of population above poverty line: 88.7% (2011 census)
▪ Number of banks per lakh population: 8.59% (2015)
▪ Ratio of industrial workers to urban population: 0.279
▪ Total revenue: Rs.1.03L Cr (2017-18)
▪ Actual Industrial Entrepreneurs’ Memorandum (IEM)/ IEM proposals: 54% (2014-15)

31. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Kerala
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