CONTENTS

 

 

 

Pages

Chapter - 1

An Overview

1-7

 

National Economy

1

 

Kerala's Economy

2

Chapter - 2

State Finances

8-28

 

All States

8

 

Overall Fiscal Position of Kerala

9

 

Pattern of Revenue Receipts

10

 

State's Own Tax Revenue

11

 

Central Transfers

15

 

Twelfth Finance Commission

16

 

Expenditure Pattern

20

 

Debt Profile

24

Chapter - 3

Income  and Population

29-45

 

Global Scenario

29

 

National Scenario

29

 

Per capita National Income

30

 

State Income

33

 

Population

41

Chapter - 4

Agriculture 

46-143

 

Investment in Agriculture

46

 

Water Management

49

 

Mid-term Appraisal of 10th Plan

50

 

Agricultural Income

51

 

Rainfall

52

 

Land Use

54

 

Trend in Area, Production and Productivity of Crops

55

 

Crop-wise analysis

56

 

Organic Agriculture

65

 

Plantation Crops

67

 

Price Stabilisation Fund

72

 

National Horticulture Mission

73

 

Lease Land Farming

74

 

Crop Development Programme

75

 

Agricultural Insurance

78

 

Agricultural Research and Education

80

 

Farm Commodity Prices

82

 

Outlook

85

 

Livestock Development

86

 

Trend in Livestock Population

88

 

Trend in Production of Major Livestock Products

91

 

Dairy Development

94

 

Breeding Support

102

 

Egg and Meat

104

 

Animal Health Care

111

 

Fisheries Development

114

 

Deep sea Fishing

115

 

Trend in Production

121

 

Export

123

 

Rice-Fish Farming

126

 

Major Development Programmes

127

 

Co-operation

130

 

Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

134

 

Kissan Credit Cards

140

Chapter - 5

Water Resources

144-178

 

Global Water Outlook

145

 

Water Resources in the Country

146

 

Investment in Irrigation

157

 

Review of Major Projects

160

 

Irrigation Status

161

 

Local Water Resources

163

 

Ground Water Development

165

 

Flood Management

168

 

Coastal Zone Management

169

 

Command Area Development

171

 

Drinking Water Supply

172

 

Water Tariff and Revenue

174

 

JBIC Assisted Kerala Water Supply Project

176

 

Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Jalanidhi)

177

Chapter - 6

Environment

179-226

 

Coastal Zone Management

179

 

Bio-diversity Conservation

182

 

Mangroves and Sacred Groves

185

 

Land degradation

186

 

Water Quality

188

 

Ambient Air Quality

191

 

Disaster Management

196

 

Environmental Sanitation

197

 

Local Government Initiative

199

 

Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)

200

 

Solid Waste Management

202

 

Bio Medical Waste

206

 

Safe Handling of Drinking Water

208

 

Home Sanitation and Food Hygiene

209

 

Towards a Sanitation Policy

211

 

Kyoto Protocol

212

 

Clean Development Mechanism

213

 

Soil and Water Conservation

214

 

Forestry and Wild Life

217

 

Agro Forestry

221

 

Participatory Forest Management (PFM)

222

 

Forest Revenue

222

 

Wild Life and Biosphere Reserve

223

Chapter - 7

Energy Development

227-246

 

Generation

229

 

Transmission

231

 

Distribution

233

 

Transmission and Distribution Loss

234

 

Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme

 

235

 

Status of Power Sector Reforms

237

 

Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission

241

 

Non Conventional Energy Programmes

242

 

Energy Conservation

246

Chapter - 8

Industry and Mining

247-287

 

Industrial Growth

247

 

Central Sector Investment

250

 

State Level Public Sector Enterprises

252

 

SLPE Reforms in Kerala

256

 

Human Resource Development

266

 

Small Scale Industry

268

 

Cluster Development

271

 

Industrial Co-operatives

275

 

KINFRA Food Park

276

 

Handloom Industry

279

 

Coir Industry

281

 

Khadi and Village Industries

283

 

Sericulture

283

 

Cashew Industry

284

 

Mining

286

Chapter - 9

Tourism

288-297

 

Tourist Statistics

290

 

Eco Tourism

293

 

New Initiatives

295

Chapter - 10

Infrastructure

298-336

 

Road Transport

298

 

Kerala State Transport Project

302

 

Road Transport Services

305

 

Road Accidents

309

 

Transport Finance

310

 

Water Transport

312

 

Port Sector

312

 

Kerala Port Policy

316

 

Inland Water Transport

317

 

Air Transport

320

 

Communications

321

 

Urban Development

323

 

Integrated Development Plan

327

 

Solid Waste Management

330

 

Urban Development Programmes

332

Chapter – 11

Education

337-355

 

School Education

337

 

Higher Secondary Education

342

 

Vocational Higher Secondary Education

343

 

Higher Education

344

 

Technical Education

347

 

Expenditure on Education

350

 

Sports and Youth Services

353

Chapter – 12

Health

356-367

 

Health Care Infrastructure

356

 

Immunisation Coverage

358

 

Medical Education & Training

362

 

Nursing Education

364

 

Ayurveda

365

 

Homoeopathy

365

 

Family Welfare

366

Chapter - 13

Housing

368-373

 

Housing Status

368

 

Kerala State Housing Board

370

 

Kerala State Co-operative Housing Federation

371

 

HUDCO

372

Chapter - 14

Poverty and Special Programmes for Weaker Sections

374-420

 

Kudumbashree Programmes

377

 

Asraya

380

 

Other Major Poverty Alleviation Programmes

383

 

Land Reforms

388

 

Urban Poverty Reduction Programmes

389

 

Social Security and Welfare

395

 

Social Security and Pension

399

 

Welfare Fund Boards

402

 

Safety of Factory Workers

406

 

Nutrition

407

 

Social Justice

408

 

Tribal Development Mission

417

Chapter – 15

Prices and Food Security

421-438

 

Consumer Price Index

421

 

Retail Prices

421

 

Consumption expenditure

423

 

Wholesale Price Index

427

 

Parity Index

428

 

Wages

429

 

Food Security

432

 

Mid-day Meal Programme

437

 

Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation

437

Chapter – 16

Export and Import

439-451

 

World Trade

439

 

India's Foreign Trade

439

 

Export Import Trade of Kerala through Cochin Port

440

 

Marine Products - National Scenario

441

 

Marine Products - Kerala Scenario

443

 

Spices

445

 

Cashew

446

 

Coir and Coir Products

450

Chapter – 17
Institutional and Bank Finance

452-481

 

Institutional and Bank Finance

452

 

Institutional Finance

453

 

Advances by Commercial Banks

455

 

Growth of Bank Deposits

457

 

NRE Deposits

458

 

Credit Deposit Ratio

459

 

Agricultural Finance

463

 

Priority Sector Lending in Kerala

463

 

Access to Rural Credit

472

 

Refinance Support by NABARD

474

 

Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

475

 

Non-banking Financial Institutions in Kerala

477

 

Chit Funds

478

Chapter – 18

Gender and Development

482-493

 

Literacy

482

 

Life Expectancy

485

 

Crime against Woman

486

 

Empowerment

488

 

Political Participation of Women in Kerala

489

 

Kerala Women's Commission

491

 

Women Development Corporation

491

Chapter – 19

Labour and Employment

494-507

 

Inter State Migration of Labour Force

494

 

Unemployment

496

 

Employment in the Organised Sector

501

 

Placement through Employment Exchange

503

 

Migration

504

 

Foreign Remittances

505

 

Return Emigrants

506

 

Placement through ODEPC

507

 

NORKWA

507

Chapter – 20

Human Development and Socio-economic Well-being in Kerala

508-526

 

Human Development Index

509

 

Human Poverty Index

509

 

Sex Ratio

510

 

Education

513

 

Health

515

 

Poverty

520

 

Crime

522

 

Infrastructure Indices

524

Chapter - 21

Information Technology

527-537

 

Promoting IT in Kerala: Key Considerations

528

 

Technopark

530

 

Infopark, Kochi

532

 

IT Industry

532

 

FRIENDS

533

 

Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala

536

Chapter - 22

Local Governments and Decentralised Development

538-569

 

Tenth Plan and Kerala Development Plan

538

 

Sector wise Performance during 2004-05

549

 

Physical Achievements - 2004-05

553

 

ASRAYA

555

 

AKSHAYA

556

 

Formation of new Grama Panchayats

557

 

Local Government Election 2005

558

 

Decentralisation Support Programme

558

 

KILA

559

 

Information Kerala Mission (IKM)

560

 

Modernising Government Programme - LSG initiatives

561

 

General Initiatives

561

 

Best Practices by Local Governments

565

Chapter – 23

Science and Technology

570-576

 

Biotechnology Development

570

 

R & D Centres

572

 

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

573

 

TBGRI

574

Chapter - 24

Governance

577-591

 

Modernising Government Programme

579

 

Service Delivery Projects

584

 

E-Governance

587

Chapter - 25

World Trade Agreement

592-613

 

Hong Kong Ministerial Conference 2005

592

 

Agreement on Agriculture (AoA)

594

 

Fisheries Subsidies

596

 

The Sanitary And Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement

597

 

Technical Barriers to Trade

600

 

Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

601

 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)

602

 

General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

604

 

India's Commitment under the GATS

605

 

Regional Trading Agreements (RTAs)

606

 

South Asia Free Trade Agreement

608

 

India - ASEAN Agreement

610

Chapter - 26

Missions for Kerala's Development and Poverty Alleviation

614-616

 

 

APPENDIX TABLES

 

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