INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION

Functions of the Division

- Formulation of Five Year Plan and Annual Plan.

- Preparation of Plan Budget.

- Preparation of Economy Review.

- Technical and expert opinion on matters referred to State Planning Board.

- Processing of Government files.

- Preparation of Status Paper on various sectors.

- Project appraisal.

- Preparation of reports of Plan committees and Working Groups.

- Undertaking studies.

- Review of implementation of Plan Schemes.

- Preparation of reports/notes on specific issues.

- Answering to LA Interpellations.

- Mid term appraisal of Five Year Plans.

Subject dealt with by the Division

- Energy Development.

- Industries.

- Transport.

- Tourism.

- Science and Technology

List of Departments & Agencies Coming under the purview of the Divn.

Energy

- Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).

- Agency for Non Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT).

- Energy Management Centre (EMC).

- Electrical Inspectorate.

Industry

- Directorate of Industries and Commerce.

- Directorate of Handloom and Textiles.

- Kerala State handloom Weaver's Co-operative Society Ltd. (HANTEX).

- Kerala State Handlooms Development Corporation Ltd. (HANVEEV).

- Kerala Garments Ltd.

- Directorate of Coir Development.

- Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB).

- Kerala State Sericulture Co- Operative Federation Ltd. (SERIFED)

- Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC).

- Kerala State Cashew workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. (CAPEX).

- Kerala state small Industries Development Development Corporation (SIDCO).

- Kerala state Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC).

- Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC).

- Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA).

- Centre for Management Development (CMD).

- Department of Mining and geology .

- Department of Information Technology.

- Kerala Information Technology Mission.

- Electronic Technology Parks Kerala (TECHNOPARK).

- Kerala State Export TradeDevelopmentCouncil (KEREXIL).

- Public Sector Re - structuring and Internal Audit Board (RIAB).

- Enterprises Reforms Committee.

Transport

- Port Department.

- Harbour Engineering Department.

- Hydrographic Survey Wing.

- Public Works Department (Roads &Bridges,).

- Public Works Department (National Highways).

- DRIQ Board and Kerala Highway Research Institute (KHRI).

- Kerala State Transport Corporation (KSRTC).

- Kerala Transport development Finance Corporation (KTDFC).

- State water Transport Department .

- Coastal shipping and Inland Navigation department.

- Kerala State Inland Navigation Corporation Ltd.

- Kerala State Maritime Development Corporation Ltd.

- Other Transport Services (Airports etc.)

Tourism

- Department of Tourism.

- Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (KTDC)

- Tourist Resource (Kerala) Ltd. (TRKL)

- Bekal Resorts Development Corporation Ltd. (BRDC)

- Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travels Studies. (KITTS)

-Thenmala 'Eco Tourism 'promotion Society, Thiruvananthapuram.

Science and Technology

- Science Technology and Environment Department.

- Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram.

- Tropical Botanical Gardens and Research Institute (TBGRI), Palode, Thiruvanathapuram

- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio-technology (RGCB), Thriruvananthapuram.

- National Transporation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC), Thiruvananthapuram.

- Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation Centre (STIC) Kochi.

- Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.

- Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode.

- Kerala Forest Research Institute (KSFRI), Peechi, Thrissur.

- Kerala State Pollution Control Board, Thiruvananthapuram.

- Malabar Botanical Garden Societies, Kozhikode.

List of Study reports/Publications prepared
By the Division: Synopsis of them (if possible)

Report of the Monitoring Committee on Women's Concerns in Development.

A Data Book on preparation of District Plans in Industry Sector.

Report on Kerala State Road Transport Corporation.

Report on Kerala State Electricity Board.

Hand Books for preparation of plans by Local Self Government Institutions.

Any other details not covered by the above

A Paper on "Planning Tourism Project - at Local level- A Managerial frame work " was presented at the International Seminar on Decentralisation"