ECONOMIC REVIEW 2008

 

CONTENTS

 

 

Chapter - 1

An Overview

 

 

Chapter - 2

State Finances

 

Kerala- Overall Fiscal Position

 

Pattern of Revenue Receipts

 

State’s Own Tax Revenue

 

State's Own Non-Tax Revenue

 

Central Transfers

 

Expenditure Pattern

 

Debt Profile

 

 

Chapter - 3

Income  and Population

 

Global Scenario

 

National Scenario

 

National Income

 

Per capita National Income

 

State Income

 

Population

 

 

Chapter – 4

Agriculture  and Allied Sectors

 

Rainfall

 

Land Use

 

Trend in Area, Production and Productivity of Crops

 

Crop-wise analysis

 

Plantation crops

 

Crop Husbandry

 

Agricultural Insurance

 

Agricultural Research and Education

 

Farm Commodity Price

 

Livestock Development

 

Dairy Development

 

Milk Marketing

 

Egg and Meat

 

Animal Health Care

 

Fisheries Development

 

Trend in Production

 

Export

 

Tsunami

 

Major Developmental  Programmes

 

Co-operation

 

Support by NCDC

 

Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

 

Self Help Group Linkages and PACS

 

Miscellaneous Types of  Co-operatives

 

Kissan Credit Cards

 

Agricultural Finance

 

Credit Flow to Agriculture

 

Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Scheme  (ADWDRS)

 

Refinance Support by NABARD

 

Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)

 

 

Chapter – 5

Water Resources

 

Live Storage Capacities of Irrigation Reservoirs

 

Investment in Irrigation

 

Review of Major Projects

 

Minor Irrigation

 

Ground Water Development

 

National Hydrology Project

 

Flood Management

 

Coastal Zone Management

 

Command Area Development

 

Drinking Water Supply

 

Water Supply Schemes in Operation

 

Production & Distribution of  Water

 

Water Tariff and Revenue

 

 

Chapter – 6

Environment

 

World Environment Day

 

Wet Land Conservation

 

Water Quality

 

Industrial Effluents

 

Air Pollution

 

Kerala Environmental Management Agency

 

Environmental Sanitation

 

Community Perceptions and Local Government Initiative

 

School  Sanitation

 

Solid Waste Management

 

Bio Medical Waste

 

E-Waste Hazards

 

Soil and Water Conservation

 

Forestry and Wild Life

 

Participatory Forest Management (PFM)

 

National Afforestation  Programme

 

Wild Life and Bio-sphere Reserve

 

General Forestry

 

 

Chapter – 7

Energy Development

 

Indian Context

 

Power Sector in Kerala

 

Generation

 

Transmission

 

Distribution

 

Tariff

 

Restructuring of KSEB

 

Non Conventional Energy

 

Energy Conservation

 

Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission

 

 

Chapter – 8

Industry and Mining

 

Industrial Growth

 

Commodity  Exports

 

Central Sector Investment

 

State Level Public Sector Enterprises

 

Small Scale Industry

 

Industrial Co-operatives

 

KINFRA Food Park

 

Handloom Industry

 

Handicrafts

 

Bamboo Industry

 

Coir Industry

 

Khadi and Village Industries

 

Sericulture

 

Cashew Industry

 

Beedi Industry

 

Industrial Promotion

 

Industrial Financing

 

Industrial Infrastructure

 

Special Economic Zone (SEZ)

 

Mining

 

 

Chapter - 9

Tourism                     

 

Performance of Kerala Tourism

 

Tourist Statistics

 

New Policy Initiatives

 

Supporting Agencies/Organisation

 

  Eco-tourism

 

 Promotion and Publicity

 

 

Chapter - 10

Infrastructure

 

Road Transport

 

National Highways

 

Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP)

 

Research and  Development in Road Sector

 

Kerala Highway Research Institute

 

Road Safety

 

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

 

Kerala Transport Development Finance Corporation

 

Trend of Road Accidents in Kerala

 

Port Sector

 

Inland Water Transport

 

Railways in Kerala

 

Air Transport

 

Communications

 

Urban Development

 

Urban Development Strategy

 

Urban Development Programmes

 

Development Authorities

 

 

Chapter – 11

Education

 

Literacy

 

Physical Infrastructure and facilities in Govt. Schools

 

Higher Secondary Education

 

Vocational Higher Secondary Education

 

University and Higher Education

 

Technical Education

 

Expenditure on Education

 

Sports and Youth Services

 

Sports and Youth Affairs

 

Art  and Culture

 

Kerala State Library Council

 

Archaeology

 

 

Chapter – 12

Medical and Public Health

 

Basic Health Indicators

 

Institutional Health Care –Department wise Institution

 

Para Medical Services

 

Nursing Education

 

Ayurveda

 

Homoeopathy

 

Critical Diseases Prevalent in Kerala

 

Second Generation Problems and lifestyle Diseases

 

Immunisation Coverage

 

Family Welfare

 

 

Chapter - 13

Housing

 

Demand for Housing

 

Governmental Agencies

 

Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra

 

Kerala Police Housing and Construction Corporation

 

Kerala State Housing Board

 

Kerala State Co-operative Housing Federation

 

Financial Institutions

 

HUDCO

 

 

Chapter - 14

Poverty and Special Programmes for Weaker Sections

 

Consumption Patterns below and above poverty line

 

 New  Strategy  of Poverty Reduction

 

Kudumbashree Programmes in Rural Areas

 

Asraya

 

Other Major Poverty Alleviation Programmes

 

Urban Poverty

 

Urban Poverty Reduction Programme

 

Social Security and Welfare

 

Welfare of the old age people

 

Welfare of the disabled

 

Social Security and Pension

 

Social Security measures Exclusively for Women

 

Women Development Programmes

 

Welfare of Ex-Servicemen and war widows

 

Welfare of Prisoners

 

Nutrition and Child welfare

 

Development Programmes for Scheduled Castes,  Scheduled Tribes  and Backward Classes

 

Kerala State Backward Classes Development Corporation

 

Information and Publicity

 

 

Chapter – 15

Prices and Food Security

 

Consumer Price Index

 

Retail Prices

 

Consumption expenditure

 

Wholesale Price Index

 

Parity Index

 

Wages

 

Food Security

 

Public Distribution System in Kerala – Salient Features

 

Central Allotment of Sugar and Kerosene

 

Special Schemes

 

Mid-day Meal Programme

 

Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation

 

 

Chapter – 16

Export and Import

 

World Trade

 

India's Foreign Trade

 

Export Import Trade of Kerala through Cochin Port

 

Export of Marine Products - National Scenario

 

Export  of Marine Products from  Kerala

 

Cashew Trade

 

Coffee

 

Coir and Coir Products

 

 

Chapter – 17

Institutional and Bank Finance

 

Institutional Finance

 

Bank  Finance

 

Advances by Scheduled Commercial Banks

 

Advances by Public Sector Banks

 

Growth of Bank Deposits

 

NRE Deposits

 

Credit Deposit Ratio

 

Financial inclusion

 

Housing Loans

 

Educational Loans

 

Advances to Weaker Sections and SC/ST

 

Micro Finance

 

 

Chapter – 18

Gender and Development

 

Demographic and  Health Indicators

 

Pattern of Education by Gender

 

Employment & unemployment

 

Women’s Autonomy

 

Gender Role Attitudes

 

Violence against women

 

Kerala Women’s Commission

 

Kerala State Women Development Corporation

 

Kudumbashree

 

Women Empowerment Initiatives

 

Gender Board

 

Credit Package for Women

 

 

Chapter – 19

Labour and Employment

 

Composition of Workers

 

Concillation  Machinery

 

Safety of Workers

 

Kerala Institute of  Labour and Employment

 

Social Protection Measures

 

Global Financial Crisis and Labours

 

Employees State Insurance Scheme

 

Unemployment

 

Employment in the Organised Sector

 

Migration

 

Placement through ODEPC

 

 

Chapter – 20

Human Development and Socio-economic Well-being in Kerala

 

Human Development Reports (HDR)

 

Human Development and migration

 

Human Development achievement

 

Infant and Child Mortality Rate

 

Access to Health Care and Health expenditure

 

Education development index

 

Cost of basic Services

 

Financing of Human Development

 

Sub Sector wise Percapita expenditure

 

Human Development Initiatives in Kerala

 

Human Development and Outliers

 

Disabled Population

 

 Human security and Human Development

 

Crime Rates in Kerala

 

Crime against women and Children

 

Prison Population

 

Accidents

 

Food and Nutrition in security and Human Development

 

Nutritional  Status

 

Food Availability and Hunger 

 

Major Human Development Challenges

 

Child Health

 

Elderly in Kerala

 

 

Chapter - 21

Information & Communication Technology

 

Infrastructure

 

IT, Industry Current Scenario

 

Physical Infrastructure Techno park, Thiruvananthapuram

 

Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-Kerala)

 

Info park

 

Infrastructure development of Co-developers and IT companies

 

Info park phase II Expansion Programme

 

Kerala State IT Mission

 

Akshaya

 

Friends

 

ICT for under Privileged

 

E-Governance Initiatives

 

 

Chapter - 22

Local Governments and Decentralised Development in Kerala

 

Grant-in-Aid to LSGs

 

Eleventh Five Year Plan – Performance of LSGs during 2007-08

 

Sector-wise Performance

 

Performance under Productive Sector

 

Performance under Service Sector

 

Performance under Infrastructure Sector

 

 

Chapter – 23

Scientific Services and Research

 

Achievements of KSCSTE

 

Research and Development  Institutions

 

National Transportation Planning and Research Centre

 

Tropical Botanical  Garden and Research Institute

 

Kerala State Pollution Control Board

 

Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (RCC)

 

 

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