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KERALA CALL I NG May 2013 | Volume 33 | Number 7
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6 Dreams with perfect vision Oommen Chandy
12 SmartCity: A Vision for future P.K. Kunhalikutty 16 Finance gets human face K M Mani
20 Enhancing Agriculture K P Mohanan 22 Working places safe Wages better Shibu Baby John
24 Ensured food sufficient Anoop Jacob 26 Enhancing Power Generation Aryadan Mohammed
28 Future better planned K C Joseph 32 A plus P K Abdu Rabb
36 Strengthened force Secured people Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan
38 Zero Landless Adoor Prakash 40 Preserving Water resources P J Joseph
42 Kerala Tourism: Prime Destination A P Anilkumar 44 Now, socially responsible K Babu
46 Everything for People C N Balakrishnan 48 Roads toward World class V K Ebrahim Kunju
50 Packages for under privileged P K Jayalekshmi 52 Panchayats Strengthened Dr. M K Muneer
54 Urbans become more urban Manjalamkuzhi Ali 56 Health Care with a vision V S Sivakumar
58 Strategy for a sustained growth 62 Karunya: Benevolence Incredible R Venugopal
64 Mass Transport System for Trivandrum B G Sreedevi 68 Steps Fruitful Kiran Ram
4 Newscan 34 Photo Feature
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EDITORIAL
Keeping pace with time…The UDF Government is completing its two fruitful years. As we all
know, two years is short span for evaluating the performance of a
government. Even then, the achievements of the state government led
by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the past two years are a clear
indication towards progress. Quick action, pro-poor measures,
transparency in administration, corruption free bureaucracy,
simplified administrative procedures etc. are expected by common
man from a democratic government. If the past two years of the state
government's activities are judged based on these parameters, no
doubt we can say that the UDF Government is of the people and for
the people.
A Government order can be seen as the face of a government.
The attitude of the government to its people is always reflected in the
orders. The administrative procedures should be simplified so that
common man can enjoy their benefits easily. The Government Orders
issued in the past two years are self explanatory for its pro-people
attitude.
On the Developmental side, the steps taken on various projects
will surely change the status of our state in the economic front. All
hurdles have been cleared to initiate Smart City Project. Kochi Metro
has become a reality; Technopark is all set to become the biggest IT
park in our country; the novel scheme, Start - Up village, to promote a
new entrepreneurial culture has been widely accredited.
Transforming the youth into job providers rather than job seekers is a
vision with far sight.
Both Welfare measures and developmental activities should go
hand in hand as far as a perfect Government is concerned. The State
Government, no doubt, is keeping pace in this direction. Kerala is yet
again going to become a pioneer not only in the developmental front
but also in the social sector. The soothing touch to the needy is not a
new phenomenon from this government. One can judge the quality of
care in the case of Endosulphan package and the cochlear
implantation scheme. The State Government is entering into the third
year of its tenure with stability and clear vision to implement more
people-friendly schemes and to achieve higher developmental goals.
No doubt, Kerala is keeping pace with time.
A Firoz
Editor in Chief
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Kerala to be hunger-free soonKerala will soon turn into a hunger-free state, said Chief MinisterOommen Chandy. He was speakingat the inaugural function of the‘Hunger-free City’ project at theMedical College Hospital
Thiruvananthapuram. Aiming at thepoor and needy sections of society,the project is a joint initiative of the
Social Security Mission along withthe J ail authorities and HealthDepartment.
Under the project, about 100 inmatesof Central prison will prepare mealsfor more than 2000 people at thenewly- equipped kitchen on a dailybasis. The meal packets titled‘Samthripthi’ will be distributed by the
jail authorities.
As of now, the authorities havedecided to distribute meal packets to
the patients of Medical CollegeHospital, Super-speciality block andSAT Hospital, free of cost. At present,
the project functions at Kozhikode,Kollam and Malappuram districts.
The mission is planning to extendthe scheme to old age homes andother institutions with the help of NSS and SPCA,’’ said M K Muneer,Minister for Social Welfare andPanchayat. As a part of this, a surveywill be conducted to assess the
number of poor people coming to thecity. It will also aim to count thenumber of poor people within thecity,’’ said the Minister.
The Cultural Department took over theproperty of the late writer-cum-oratorSukumar Azhikode at Eravimangalamin Thrissur to convert it into a memorial.
Encouragingfarmers“Kerala is the only state encouragingfarmers of other states. We should also
promote all what we produce”, saidMinister for Agriculture K P Mohanan whileinaugurating the National Honey andMango Festival 2013. The Festival wasorganised by the department of Agriculture in association with the StateHorticulture Mission and Horticorp at theKanakakkunnu Palace grounds.
The exhibition included local and SouthIndian varieties of mangoes. Thepanchavarnnam, sindhoora,kotturkkonam, banganapally, dhaseri,alphonso, neelam, kilichundan, kalpadi,amarapali, sendhura, malgova, totapuri,mallika, sakkara gutty and rose marywere some of the varieties.
Government takes overSukumar Azhikode’s house
Cultural Affairs Minister K C J osephtook over the documents of the housefor the state government from the heirs
of Azhikode. As per theagreement thehousewith a plinth area of 1320.67sqft in 20.43cents land, more than10,000 books, 2,000awards and othermemorabilia like pen,chair and a bed comesto the possession of tghe State government.
The house situates onthe banks of a river atEravimangalam. Thelate writer’s house andmemorabilia will comeunder the direct
supervision of theKerala SahityaAcademy.
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NRI surveybegins
The Minister for RuralDevelopment, Planning, NORKAand Culture K C J osephinaugurated the survey of the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) bycollecting the details of oneSainudeen, Shahina Nilayam,
Kaniyapuram, Thiruvananthapuram. The sixtheconomic survey as part of thecensus at the national level startedin the district was alsoinaugurated by him. The Ministersaid that the census was beingprepared to collect the economicdetails of the public. Palode RaviMLA, Information and PublicRelations Department director AFiroz also participated in thefunction.
The enumerators of the economicsurvey will also fill thequestionnaire of the Pravasisurvey. The Pravasi survey isconducted in 12 sectionsdepending on the employment of those who work in other countries.
The survey will continue till June12. The conduct of economicsurvey in the state is helpful tohighlight the characteristic of thesmall and micro-enterprises in thestate and to pinpoint the role of service sector in the changed
economic scenario. It is alsohelpful in underlining the role of agriculture sector in setting upenterprises in the country.
Employmentexchanges to bemadeemployability
centres The employment exchanges in thestate would be converted intoEmployability Centres with theintroduction of the Additional SkillEnhancement Programme (ASEP),said Minister for Labour andRehabilitation Shibu Baby J ohn. Theproject is aimed at convertingEmployment Exchanges intoemployment generation centres.
These employability centres are beingestablished to change the face of theemployment exchanges, which areinstitutions for registering the namesof the unemployed youth, to skilldevelopment centres.
“This dream project is beingimplemented with the support of Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence,functioning under the LabourDepartment. The possible jobopportunities in private sectors will beexplored and the youth will be trainedfor it through the employability centres.
These centres are being started aspart of the modernisation programme
according to the changes in thesociety,” said the Minister.
The youth will be equipped to getemployment from these centres.
Those registering at the employmentexchanges will have to undergopsychometric test to find out theirabilities and restrictions. They would
Malayalam study centres will beset up in major cities outside thestate, to help Keralites learn thelanguage, said K C J oseph,Minister for Rural Development,Planning & Culture. Thegovernment is also exploring thepossibilities of converting theKunchan memorial centre inKillikurishimangalam into aresearch centre under the
Malayalam University.Consultations will be held with theuniversity authorities and a finaldecision will be taken by the next
anniversary. The minister wasinaugurating the Kunchan dayceleberations at the KalakkathBhavan.
Malayalam has been recognizedas the first language by the StateGovernment and also madecompulsory. The sub committee of the Kendra Sahithya Academy hasaccepted the recommendation of the Government to declare
Malayalam as classical language.Now the issue is under theconsideration of the CentralGovernment, the Minister said.
Malayalam study centres
to be set up
be given expert training andequipped for employment.
Training will also be given incommunication skills andlanguage. Employmentexchanges will conduct job fairsto open up employmentopportunities in public andprivate sectors for the youth. In a
phased manner, employabilitycentres will be started in all the14 employment exchanges inthe state. In the first phase,Ernakulam, Kollam andKozhikode employmentexchanges had been convertedinto employability centres.
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One Year Programme
During the first year we had
announced 664 programmes, of
which 374 have been completed
and 235 are ongoing. The
performance yardstick shows
91.71 percent success. Out of the
27 initiatives planned in
corruption-free and transparentadministration stream, 17 have
been fully implemented and nine
are progressing. Right to Services
Bill and IDEAS were
implemented in all departments
of the Secretariat to track the
movement of files. Of the 33
projects which were announced
with regard to environmental
protection and effective garbage
disposal, 12 have been
implemented and 15 are nearing
completion.
A total of 110 projects were
announced at the Emerging
Kerala summit of which 72
projects are already underway.
There is a time schedule that we
have worked out and it is going
as planned. Eighty Seven of the
193 projects announced under
the basic infrastructure
improvement programme have
been completed. The state has
made major strides in the IT
sector with Technopark and
Infopark witnessing major
developments. Out of the 35
proj ec ts incl uded in the IT
stream, 26 have been completed
and only eight projects remain.
Kochi Metro
Kochi Metro will be a
reliable, efficient, customer as
well as eco-friendly means of
rapid transit system for the city
of Kochi. It is a joint venture of
State and Union governments
worth Rs 5146 crore. The
foundation stone was laid by
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh on 13th September 2012.
In the wake of the
second Anniversary of the UDF government,Chief Minister Oommen Chandyspoke to Kerala Callingon a wide range of developmentalactivites in Kerala:Excerpts
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Kochi Metro Rail Limited was
executing the work under the
supervision of Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation. The work of the
Metro will begin on 7th June and
the project will be completed
within three years.
Kochi Metro is a dream with
a perfect vision: the vision to
enhance the quality of life. It is a
comprehensive development
pl an co nc eive d af te r
incorporating all possible mass
transport options. According to
the present plan, it not only
connects the existing mass
transport systems like KSRTC and
railways, but also has left
provision for futuristic ventures
as in the Vytilla Mobility Hub.
E-District Project
Kerala becomes the first
state in the country to have all
the districts linked into the
network of e-districts. With the
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state-wide roll-out of the e-district
programme, the government aims in
bringing transparency and efficiency
in the delivery of government
services. This made Kerala to be the
first Indian state. The project is the
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culmination of the
computerization done in
government departments. The
project was aimed at providing
transparent, speedy and
unbiased service to our citizens.
All the 14 districts of our
State is now covered under e-
district project since 31st March2013. People can approach
publ ic se rvice centres in the
State like Akshaya and FRIENDS
and obtain 23 certificates issued
by the Revenue Department.
Between 3rd May 2010 and 3rd
May 2013, a total of 16,92,474
certificates were issued as part
of the project.
‘Land for the landless’
This is the first, foremost and
even now the only initiative of
this kind in the entire country. It
is the only system in India
wherein the entire government
land transaction is subjected to
public scrutiny. In this project
each and every bit of government land is being
assigned with a 12 digit unique
code for the easy retrieval of the
data by the users. It is the only
project in the world where the
entire financial deals are put on
the website for the public
scrutiny on day today basis
towards social audit of the
multiplex.
Once Phase III is fully
operational, Technopark will
have a total of 7.1 million square
feet of built-up area (Phase I,
Phase II, Phase III plus the Kollam
Technopark) making it the
biggest IT Park in the country.
Emerging Kerala 2012
By conducting Emerging
Kerala we meant to showcase
the potential of Kerala to global
investors and to transform it into
a premier hub of economic
activity. We have already
received investment proposals
to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore in
45 major projects. Following the
event, five seminars were
conducted by the Industries
department. Three agencies
assigned to monitor and report
po st -e ve nt prog re ss vi z.
Investment Promotion Council,
Investment Clearance Board
and Investment Promotion
Board. The first project in
Emerging Kerala, the Sea Plane
Service would start on this year.
KarunyaBenevolent Fund
The government can give ahelping hand to those poor
people who are suffering from
serious ailments like Cancer,
Hemophilia, Kidney, Heart
diseases, Mental illnesses,
Thalassemia, and Sickle-cell
anemia and for Palliative Care.
The fund is raised through the
sale of the Kerala Government
lottery - Karunya. So far financial
assistance of Rs. 110 crores
disbursed to 10,307 patients
through various hospitals.
Student-Police Cadet
The Student Police Cadet
Project jointly implemented by
departments of Home and
Education and supported by
Transport, Forest, Excise and
Local Self-Government
departments provides an
opportunity for high school
students to become future
leaders of a democratic society.
It inculcates in them respect for law, discipline, civic sense,
empathy for vulnerable sections
in the society and resistance to
social evils. The project now
covers 234 high schools across
Kerala with a combined strength
of 16,000 cadets.
Endosulfan Package
Endosulfan is now banned
in Kerala and the government
came up with a comprehensive
package in April 2013 for the
victims of this deadly pesticide.
As per the package, 9 new orders
were released for ensuring
assistance and withdrawn earlier
order to ensure financial
assistance even after five years.
Rs 5 lakhs for bed-ridden; Rs 5
lakhs to the families of the
deceased, Rs 5 lakhs to the
mentally challenged, Rs 3 lakhs
for cancer patients and Rs. 3
lakhs to other patients. Hospitalstreating Endosulfan victims
increased from 12 to 16.
Treatment expenses are fully
met by the government.
Moreover moratorium has been
declared on the debts of
Endosulfan victims.
Adamant Stand on theItalian Marines issue
The incident that caught
worldwide attention saw the
Italian government exerting pressure on Government of India
to hold trial of the case, where
fishermen were shot dead, in
Italy. Further, the Italian
Government breached the
undertaking given to the
Supreme Court of India when it
decided not to send the two
marines back to India for facing
the trial. But the persistent stand
taken by the Kerala government
eventually prevailed and theItalian government had no
choice but to send the marines
back to India on 21st March 2013
to face trial under the Indian law.
Smart City:What next?
All the hurdles for the
launch of Smart City project is
cleared. The master plan wasapproved by Board of Directors
in Dubai on 14th April. The Phase
I work’s on 50 acres of land will
begin on 1st July 2013. There will
be eight buildings spread over
15 lakh sq.ft, of which 9 lakh sq.ft
earmarked for Information
Technology (IT) and the
remaining for non-IT purposes.
Central SEZ Board has approved
a single SEZ status to the entire
Kochi Smart City land. Already136 acres of land has earmarked
as SEZ added to the 114 acre
land and a single SEZ status was
given.
project. It is the only project in
the world where the entire
monthlywise performance of the
employees are put on the
website towards ensuring socialaccountability of the project.
Status of IT Parks
Technopark in Thiruvanan
thapuram is all set to become
the biggest IT Park in India with
its Phase III nearing completion.
Phase III features twin towers -
Aanamudi and Ponmudi on a 92-
acre land and are getting ready
for occupation. Developed as a
Special Economic Zone and
Non-Specia l Economic Zone,Phase III comes with shopping
malls, commercial complex,
executive hotels, star hotel
convention centre and a
The master plan for Smart City wasapproved by Board of Directors inDubai on 14th April. The Phase Iwork’s on 50 acres of land will beginon 1st July 2013.
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Nitaqat issue
When the issue of Nitaqat
came, my government wasted no
time in briefing the Central
government about the concerns
of Malayalis in Saudi Arabia.
Heeding to Kerala's request, the
Centre held talks with Saudi
government, following which thedeadline of the Nitaqat law was
extended by three months,
bringing relief to Indian expats
there and their families back
home.
A five-member Cabinet sub-
committee has prepared a
rehabilitation package for
Keralites returning from Saudi
Arabia. The Central government
had accepted Kerala's request
to bear the cost of flight ticketsof Keralites returning from Saudi
due to the Nitaqat law.
Arrangement were also in place
to bring back home Keralites
who have no passports with them
by issuing 'Permits' to return
home through the Indian
embassy in Saudi Arabia.
Hunger fee city
It is a novel scheme and
department of jail supply
pesticide-free fresh vegetablesgrown in their premises and
taken care of by prisoners and
used for preparing the food. The
scheme was jointly implemented
by departments of Social Justice
and Social Security Mission.
Phase I of this scheme is to
benefit 2500 in-patients at the
Medical College and SAT Super
Specialty Hospital in
Thiruvananthapuram district.
Sruthi TharangamThe Scheme aims at making
Kerala a State free of children
with disability to hear or speak.
Sruthi Tharangam Project is in
the process of covering more
regions in the State. Implemented
free of cost by Department of
Social Welfare, so far 200
children, below 3 years have
been benefi ted. Annual ly 50
operations are done in four
phases. The Scheme provides Rs.5 lakh each to children
undergoing surgery. As part of
the scheme, all Medical
Colleges and District Hospitals
will be equipped with
audio testing devices and
Auto Acoustic Emission
machine.
Right to Health
Every person in the
country should have the
right to health. It is in
matters of health that
pe op le ar e ex pe ct ing
assistance from
governments. Even though
world-class healthcare is
available in Kerala, it
could be accessible only
to the wealthy. The
government’s aim is to
make such care available
to each and every person
in the State. A scheme of
Rs. 320-crore is aimed at
the first time the state is facing
such a dire situation. Therefore,
long-term drought mitigation
schemes should be implemented
throughout the State. Each grama
panchayat in the State will be
given an advance of Rs.50,000
as an emergency measure to
provide drinking water in tanker
lorries. The government had relaxed rules and procedures for
taking up drought-relief projects.
Short tenders could be invited
to take up drinking water
schemes. An order relaxing rules
for drought-relief measures was
issued on April 16. The order
would be in force till 30th May.
The Executive Engineers of
the Kerala Water Authority
(KWA) had been given powers
to sanction projects up to Rs.20
lakh from the current Rs.8 lakh.
All ongoing drinking water
projects should be comple ted
within a year. Special schemes
for providing drinking water in
the worst-affected tribal area of
Attappady would be executed.
Steps were being taken to
provide drinking water in tanker
lorries in Attappady.
Startup villages
This scheme aims at
pr omot ing a ne w
entrepreneurial culture in
Kerala. The government is
providing a facility for youths/
students with an idea
that can translate them
into entrepreneurs. A
Start-Up Village has
come up for the
purpose in Kochi. Grace
marks (maximum of
4%) and attendance
relaxation (maximumof 20%) will be provided
by Un iver si ties to
student entrepreneurs
who are incubated in
the Start-Up Village.
Only nominal rates are
collecting from
occupants on account
of electricity, water and
maintenance. No
bu ilding ch arge is
collected. The first batch
undergoing business
incubation at the Start-
Up Village would come
out in 1 to 2 year's time and
would walk out as full-fledged
entrepreneurs and become job
prov id er s ra ther than job-
seekers.
Employability centres
The state government will
give top priority to building job
skills among the youth. The firstEmployability Centre in the state
was inaugurated at Ernakulam.
The major hurdle for the
unemployed, youth in the state
is the lack of industry-compatible
skills. The project is aimed at
converting Employment
Exchanges into employment
generation centres. These
employability centres are being
established to change the face
of the employment exchanges,
which are institutions for
registering the names of the
unemployed youth, to skill
development centres.
During my last tenure as
Chief Minister, I was surprised to
hear from the heads of
companies that they had
difficulty in finding suitable
candidates for their companies,
despite the high educational
qualifications of the applicants.
This experience convinced methat urgent government
intervention is needed to make
candidates industry
compatible.
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making available generic
medicines free of cost at
government hospitals, along with
12 varieties of medicines for
lifestyle diseases.
A portion of the money for
this would come from the one
per cent cess levied on Excise
tax. Next year, more funds would
be re qu ir ed . Of th e 95 2
categories of medicines that
would be distributed free of cost,
825 had already been supplied
to all medical colleges in the
State and to the general hospitals
in Thiruvananthapuram,
Ernakulam and Kozhikode.
Steps to control
droughtThe state had done
imminent drought control
measures as its best. The drought
is a warning to the State. This is
Endosulfan is now banned in Kerala and the government cameup with acomprehensive package in April 2013
for the victims of thisdeadly pesticide.
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Transparency
Ensured
OOMMEN CHANDYCHIEF MINISTER
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Right to Service Act implemented
Kerala won first place ineducation, environment, Health,Poverty alleviation sectors in thesurvey conducted by CNN-IBN atthe national level
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Eco tourism project atPonmudi and Neyyar
Interpretation centre atThekkady with the help of NABARD
Purakkad Gandhi SmrithiVananm ecotourism project
Master plan for Orchitariumat Wagamon, Idukki
Vanasree units for themarketing of forestproducts
Elephant protectioncentres at Kottor andKappukad in Trivandrum
Public works in thedepartment has beentransferred to PWD
Project Saturday has beenintroduced to clear off allfiles every week
Names of posts have beenchanged to regain theconfidence of theemployees.
Risk allowance of theemployees has beensanctioned
Best biodiversity award forperiyar tiger reserve.
Cinema
Measures have been takento prevent piracy
Cultural welfare fund board
has been made moreefficient
E-ticketing facility was madepossible in theatres with
the help of Keltron
Archive for Malayalamcinemas that are landmarksin the history at Munnar
Kairali theatre wasmodernized. Nila, a newtheatre was added to thecomplex
Sports
A new sports developmentpolicy, aimed at theallround growth of thesports persons, wasinstituted.
Posting through sportsquota was made online
An elite training centre forensuring medals at Olympics
SMILE project for creatingeminent sportsmen andwomen
Multisports Stadiums
Synthetic football turf at
Thrissur and ThrikkarippoorSwim and survive project forchildren up to 5 yr old
Community sports projectfor increasing the physicalability of the public
Archery academy atWayanad
35th national gamessecretariat has beenconstituted
Greenfield stadium atKaryvattom, Trivandrum
A games village atMenamkulam, Trivandrum
A new sports law has beeninstated.
Retirement age enhancedto 56
Participatory pensionscheme for those enteringservice after 2013 April
Right to Service Actimplemented
Sea-plane project to belaunched
Emerging Kerala conductedin Kochi to showcause thestate before the world.4676 delegates from 36countries participated inthe meet.
Company formed forMonorail in Kozhikode andThiruvananthapuram
Completed theenvironmental impact studyand Master Plan for EPC
Tender and technical studyfor Vizhinjam harbour
Completed.
Steps taken for thelaunching of Air Kerala.
Kochi Metro Rail and Smartcity Project are under way.
Project Report preparedfor Trivandrum-MangaloreRail,
Kochi-Palakkad Industrialcorridor
Skill Development Scheme
started in 37 EducationalInstitutions
Kerala achieved first placefor maintaining law and
order in the annual surveyconducted by India Today
Chief Minister’s websitewww.keralacm.gov.in gotthe webratna golden awardinstituted by centralcommunication andinformation technologydepartment
Kerala won first place ineducation, environment,
Health, Poverty alleviationsectors in the surveyconducted by CNN IBN atthe national level
Got recognition from UNDPfor transparency ingovernance
Forest & Wildlife
Many innovative measureshave been taken to protectour precious forests
World heritage status for
Western Ghat areas whichincludes Nelliyampathy,Silent valley andParambikkulam forests.
Check dams were createdin order to protect riverwater
‘Vanadeepthi’ project forprotecting trees that faceextinction, was carried outsuccessfully.
Financial help for those whoplant trees in private land
Steps to tackle globalwarming
Zoological park at Thrissur
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P.K. KUNHALIKUTTYMINISTER FOR INDUSTRIES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
A Vision for future
In October 2004, I happened to be
in Dubai in connection with GITEX,
one of the world’s biggest IT
Exhibition. I got an opportunity to
study closely the growth of Dubai,
especially in Knowledge Industry space
and was quite fascinated by its
achievements. Though we had
established the first IT park of India,
Technopark, in Kerala way back in 1990,
we could not develop the full potential
in that area compared to other cities
such as Bangalore, Gurgaon and
Hyderabad. Infopark was at an infant
stage then. I realized that Kerala’s
future growth prospects lie in the
growth of Knowledge Industries and
that ideally we need a catalyst for
growth, which I saw in Dubai InternetCity. Some time back, in 2004 a team
from Dubai Internet City had visited
Kochi, but they didn’t show much
interest subsequently. So I decided to
meet their leadership and emphasise
on the prospects of Kerala.
I met Dr. Omar Bin Suleiman, then
CEO of Dubai Internet City and Director
General of Dubai International
Financial Centre and Ahmad Binbyat,
Director General of Tecom Authority. I
was able to wipe out every trace of negative factors in their mind about
Kerala and was able to emphasize
positive aspects of the state including
availability of young educated
manpower and superb social
infrastructure. Dubai Internet City
leaders not only agreed to consider
Kerala as a potential location, but also
had sent a team to Kochi soon, for
evaluation. The team submitted a
detailed project report for a Smart City
in Kochi, in December 2004 itself.
It is true that progress made
regarding establishment of this dream
project was slow in last several years
due to different reasons. However,
during the visit of Chief Minister and
other Kerala leaders including myself
to Dubai, last month, we were able to
emphasize the importance of this
projec t fo r the Indo-UAE fr iendly
relations. His Highness Sheik
Mohammad Bin Rasheed Al Maktom,
Vice President and Prime Minister of
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UAE and Ruler of Dubai, had
agreed to visit Kerala for the
inauguration of first phase of
Smart City after about 18 months.This is a great endorsement from
the highest level of Government
of Dubai for the Smart City and
it will definitely help the project
in a big way for its realization.
The newly appointed Smart City
Dubai team under the
leadership of Abdullatif AlMulla
also is quite enthusiastic for its
implementation. The Proposed
visit of His Highness will also
assist development of other
segments of Kerala economy
including industry, transport and
tourism and will also attract
global focus to Kerala.
Smart City Kochi is a self-
sustained township for
knowledge-based companies
and located in the city of Kochi,
the commercial capital of
Kerala. Project will have a
significant impact on the state’s
economy and will create vibrant
knowledge economy
communities which are to be
anchored by leading global,
regional and local names in the
industry to facilitate knowledge
transfer and job creation. Being
owned and developed by the
Government of Kerala (16%) and
TECOM of Dubai (84%), Smart
City Kochi will be one of India’s
largest knowledge industry parks.
The Smart City Director board
also consists of Chief Minister of Kerala, Industries Minister,
Minister in charge of Ernakulam
District and Principal Secretary
(IT), showing strong commitment
from the State. From TECOM,
Abdullatif AlMulla, Chief
Business Development Officer,
Dubai Holding is the ViceChairman of SCK and Dr. Baju
George is the Managing Director.
Based on the successful
models of Dubai Internet City,
Dubai Media City and Dubai
Knowledge Village, Smart City
Kochi will provide an
infrastructure, environment and
support systems to promote the
growth of knowledge-based
industry companies. It utilizes
TECOM’s specialised expertise,
in the creation and management
of knowledge based industry
clusters to create an
infrastructure and environmentcatered to the requirements of
knowledge based companies
and knowledge workers.
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mechanism for all requirements
of knowledge companies so that
companies can concentrate on
their core functions and leave
all procedural hurdles to Smart
City.
Project area is in a scenic
246 acres plot in the heart of
Kochi city and just 2 Km fromDistrict Collectorate.
Construction of the first block of
buildings with about 15 lakh sq.ft
cumulative BUA plus parking
structures will commence by July
2013 and will be completed
within 18-24 months thereafter.
The project will have about 120
lakh sq.ft of buildup area, which
will consist of highly customized
office space in different
knowledge clusters within IT and
ITeS segments and high end
social and physical
infrastructure. Kochi is the
Apart from a state-of-the-art
b u s i n e s s - c o m m u n i t y
infrastructure in four knowledge
clusters - IT/ITeS, Media, Finance
and Research & Innovation,
Smart City Kochi will offer a host
of business support services as
well as residential, hospitality,
retail and recreational facilities.
The project has an employment
generation potential of over
100,000 jobs directly and three
times more indirectly. Multiplier
effects are expected to bring
several other benefits to the
state. The project has already
be en ap prov ed as a Sp ec ia l
Economic Zone by CentralGovernment and as Industrial
Township by the State
Government. This will facilitate
one stop shop approval
landing point for SAFE and SE-
ME-WE3 submarine cables,
enabling reliable connectivity.
The project will have
dependable power supply with
redundancy and a high end data
center. Project aims to complete
construction in five and half
years as against ten years
allowed in the agreement.
Smart City also creates a
global network to assist its
business partners to tap into
various markets, opportunities
and talent. Smart City Kochi and
Smart City Malta are the first two
projects being developed to be
par t of the global network of knowledge-based industry
townships. This global network
fosters productive linkages and
taps into synergies between
Smart City Kochi is aself-sustained townshipfor knowledge-based companies and located in the city of Kochi, thecommercial capital of
Kerala. Project willhave a significantimpact on the state’seconomy and willcreate vibrantknowledge economycommunities which areto be anchored byleading global, regionaland local names in theindustry to facilitateknowledge transfer and job creation.
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P K KUNHALIKUTTYMINISTER FOR INDUSTRIES ANDINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
“Start up village” for creating young entrepreneurs
knowledge-industry centers
worldwide. This will also
facilitate interaction between
Kochi-Dubai-Malta-Future nodes
of Smart City network, thereby
adding efficiency and facilitating
best utilization of talents for its
companies.
Project will have an
excellent social infrastructure
that will assist it to attract and
retain knowledge workers. Thiswill include premium and mid-
market schools offering different
curriculum as IB, IGCSE, ICSE and
CBSE, International hospital,
shopping mall, multiplex, hotels
etc. Smart City is also in
discussion to have an
international university and
allied infrastructure to foster
research and development
within the city. There will be
luxury villas for high officials and
apartments for other staff. There
will also be secured residential
quarters for lady staff within
processing area and near office bloc ks . Su pe rior so ci al
infrastructure will also reduce
attrition rate.
Government has already
allowed a Cyber Police Station
that will take care of both cyber
and physical security of the
development. This is in addition
to internal security arrangement
of Smart City. Government has
decided to construct four new
roads to link Smart City with
different parts of city and also is
considering extension of Kochi
Metro to Smart City at one end
and to International airport atother end. Smart City will be
widening and developing two
flowing rivers within the project
site which will facilitate fast
water transportation to different
parts of the city. Smart City will
also create 2.5 Km long retain
spine along river banks that will
be an attraction for knowledge
workers.
Kochi International Airport
is the second busiest airport of
West Coast with direct
connection to Middle East,
Colombo and Singapore. It is
catered by ten internationalairlines apart from Indian
operators. New York and Paris
are just 18 and 11 hours away
respectively. For Shopaholics,
EMERGING KERALA was conducted at Kochi. Thiswas the biggest event to attract investors toKerala and tap its unexplored potential. Throughthis the state can generate more employmentopportunities and become an industrial hub.
Kerala Emerges
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there are numerous shopping
malls and other interest in Kochi
and among them LuLu Mall is
with the biggest with 2.5 Million
sq.ft area. These and other
traditional social infrastructure
of the city is quite attractive for
the knowledge workers and
international companies.
One of the most important
USP for Kerala is the availability
of trained and/or qualified manpower at reasonable rate.
Our state is a 100% literate state
with hundreds of Engineering
(Annual intake 30,000 students)
and other educational
institutions, many technological
companies are finding it quite
desirable to have their future
expansions in Kerala. Further
Kerala IT workers who had
migrated to other metros are
looking forward for opportunities
in Kochi so that they can return
to home state. International
Training facilities planned within
Research and Innovation cluster of Smart City with the support of
Government of Kerala and
Na tion al Sk il l De velo pmen t
Corporation will assist to convert
these talents to be more
employable as invaluable skills.
I believe in Dream Kerala
and I know that future prosperity
of our society is through
Knowledge Industries, which is
the most suitable one for Kerala
environment. According to
NASSCOM estimates, value of IT
and other knowledge industries
in India is projected to grow
three times by year 2020 and toUSD 300 Billion. Kerala has a
legitimate claim to this growth
thanks to availability of skilled
manpower, provided we make
available the right infrastructure
as what was envisaged for Smart
City. Success of Smart City model
will stimulate similar
development in other parts of
the State for different segments
and will give courage and
motivation for others also to
invest in Kerala. I know that gone
are the days when Volkswagens
of the world were scared of
Kerala. So I am fully committed to see the success of Smart City
and is closely evaluating the
prog re ss fo r our ov eral l
development.
A global support centre for Ernst &Young will start functioning at KinfraFilm & video park Kazhakuttom,
Thiruvananthapuram. 5000 youngpeople will get employment throughthis.
Trade and commercial centers willcome into existence inThiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode,Kochi, and Kannur. KINFRA willprovide basic infrastructure for this.
Titanium sponge venture with thecooperation of SAIL and KMML
“Start up village” for creating youngentrepreneurs.
E- district project came intoexistence in all districts.
E- Procurement system mademandatory for purchase ingovernment departments and publicsector departments.
Government files started movingfaster than ever before after thelaunching of IDEAS.
Crime and Criminal Tracking Networksystem (CCTNS) was launched as apilot project for making the function
of police department more and moreefficient.
E governing system is being carried
out successfully in motor vehicledepartment, Civil suppliesdepartment, Registration departmentetc.
The third phase development of Technopark is nearing completion.
The second phase development of info park is in progress
Master plan for Info Park wasaccepted.
Pavilion for smart city, the dreamproject of Kerala.
Innovation zone at kochi
Kerala is in the first place in gettingpeople enrolled in Adhar-UID
E pass will be introduced to controlthe exchange and handling of mineralsin the state.
GPRS will be introduced forcontrolling sand mining etc.
Divisional offices for waqf board inThiruvananthapuram, Kannur andMalappuram districts.
EMERGING KERALA was conducted atKochi. This was the biggest event toattract investors to Kerala and tap
its unexplored potential. Through thisthe state can generate moreemployment opportunities andbecome an industrial hub.
Production started in 20 industrialprojects in 2012-13 financial year withthe help of KSIDC. 31 projects are inprogress
Integrated business hubs will startfunctioning in Kerala withconnectivity to 5 airports in 2013-14financial year.
Life science Park in
Thiruvananthapuram, CoconutIndustrial park at Kuttiyadi,Electronics Hardware Park at Kochi,Supplementary Gas InfrastructureProject at Kochi etc. will beexecuted by KSIDC.
10,389 small- medium scale enterprisesstarted in 2012-13 financial year amongconstruction and service sectors.
220 enterprises started under womenindustries scheme.
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K M MANIMINISTER FOR FINANCE, LAW AND HOUSING
The finance ministry in the last
two years, under the UDF
ministry, has gained a hard
fought human face to otherwise
would have been a drab chapter in the
economy balance sheet of the state. The
spent two years were waking periods of
the ministry. The finance-law-housing
departmentd have enabled in helping blooming the spring of development all
these years. When we entered into power,
the state has been faced with acute
financial crisis, indebted with crores of
rupees and full with as many difficult
schemes waiting for execution. Even
though, braving all the odds and swimming
across the financial hurdles, the
department at the end of its two year
tenure has helped the state to stand
financially sound and brought into the
path of development.The government is giving priority to
the social welfare of the state. During this
tenure, the price of the diesel and petrol
has skyrocketed and this government in
Finance gets
human face
The government is giving priority to thesocial welfare of the state. During thistenure, the price of the diesel and petrolskyrocketed and this government in order tocurtail the price rise has cut down the statetax for petrol and diesel for four times.
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order to curtail the price rise has
cut down the state tax for petrol
and diesel for four times. The tax
of the manures was also lowered
and the tax of Edible oil, Mydaand Sooji was cut down to one
pe rc en t from fo ur pe rc en t.
Amidst of all these financial
difficulties, the government has
been able to increase the tax
revenue of the state. This was
novel schemes like Integrated
Check Post at Amaravila
(enabling Excise, Motor vehicles,
sales tax departments),
extension of e-payment facility,a system to check the status of
returns, SMS alert system to
communicate with the traders
(whenever their products
reaches at check post), digital
signature, online delivery notes,
reformation done in the
department has earned the
Chief Minister’s award. Video
conferencin g in order to
interact with Prime Minister and registering complaints were
started.
Extending Law helpto the people
In order to complete the
cases within a maximum time
span of three years, an Industrial
Policy was established which was
adjudged as one of the
revolutionary policies. This has
enabled to solve out as many
cases in the 35 departments by
linking it to the corresponding
law officers. Legal Service
authority has enabled to solve
out 52,324 cases in 7305 Adalaths.
In order to give free legal aid, 16
legal services clinics were
started in the district head
quarters and in the High court.
The permanent Lok Adalat at
Thiruvananthapuram and
Ernakulam was extended to
Kozhikode also.A law translation cell was
also formed in order to translate
the judgments to Malayalam.
Based on the knowledge
management system, the act from
1950 were being digitized and
made accessible to the people
through legal department’s
website. For the welfare of the
advocate’s clerk an amendment
was made to instate pension for
these people and festival
allowance for these section was
made available. Toilets and other
facilities at the court premises
were improved.
Legal Literacy classes were
started in schools in order spread
legal awareness among the
students. As part of this, Kerala
Legal Services Authority has
conducted a state level quiz
competition and the students
who have topped the list with
first and second place would get
a grace mark in their SSLC
examination. Mobile adalath
system was introduced and is
travelling to the rural and hilly
areas in order to give legal
awareness classes and
complaint redressal adalats.
Lottery
The word lottery has
become a synonym of Karunya
lottery. This is a treatment
scheme in which the people
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online registration of different
tax related documents has
delivered a speedy and
transparent service as promised
to the people.
A tax monitoring cell and
grievance redressal cell were
formed. There has been also a
plan to instate a special bench
exclusively to hear the revenue
related cases. The Advocate
General has been sought the
opinion in this regard. Welfare
Fund pension increased. The
done by adopting strict tax
collection methods. In the year
2010-11, when the government
was just throne in to the power,
the tax income was 16213.05
crore and in 2011-12 it was
increased to 19310.54 crore. The
net tax collection till 2012-13
February 28th is 20311.12 crore.
In order to speed up the
procedures and in a mission to
make it more transparent an e-
declaration was introduced in
the check posts. With a string of
The income throughlottery has touched anall time record high. Inthe 2010-11 financialyear the income was just only 557.69 croreand in this on goingyear it has alreadycrossed 2750 crores. A
new scheme of systemwas introduced for drawing using newequipments.
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having income less than three
lakhs would be eligible for
treatment help worth two lakhs.This is for the first time that this
kind of a treatment is
introduced in the country. While
during the last one year this
treatment scheme has helped
some thousand patients in their
treatment spending 111 crores of
rupees as part of this. Karunya
Home, the accommodation
facility for the poor patients and
their by standers, was started.
The income through lottery
has touched an all time record
high. In the 2010-11 financial year the income was just only 557.69
crore and in this on going year it
has already crossed 2750 crores.
E governance was also
introduced and a new scheme
of system was introduced for
drawing using new equipments.
The government also had taken
stringent action against the
illegal lottery sale from other
states and for this a state level
monitoring cell was formed with
higher level officers as its
members. A monitoring
committee was made in district
level with District Collector as
its leader. There is also a plan to
install a vigilance cell by
associating cyber cell experts in
the lottery department.
Insurance
The End to End
computerization in the
Insurance department has taken
place on 7th February 2013. The
insurance scheme for school
students was introduced. Based
on the 2013-14 budget
proc lamation the ge ne ra l
insurance business of Public,
Quasi governmental,
cooperative institutions should be do ne th ro ug h in su ra nc e
department.
Housing
With the motto to give a
secure housing for every one in
the state the government had
implemented a Housing Policy.
Sanction was given to provide
housing loans to those agencies
and individuals associated in the
construction sector and to the
formation of Housing Finance
Development Corporation. The
draft to form the State Housing
Regulatory Authority with quasi-
judicial power in order to solve
the problems in the sector is
under consideration of the
government. To form a shelter
fund to help economically
ba ck ward pe op le one co re
rupees was made available in
the 2013-14 budget. In order to
Sanction wasgiven to providehousing loans tothose agenciesand individualsassociated in the
constructionsector and to theformation of Housing FinanceDevelopmentCorporation.
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transform this sector to the
changing technology
advancements Rs. 56 crore has be en made av ai la bl e in the
bu dg et an d Tec hn ol ogy
Innovation Fund was formed.
Aiming a concrete and
comprehensive development in
the Environment, the
government had planned a
Comprehensive Housing
the construction of 8030 houses
was started and 6315 have
already been completed. Theconsent was given to construct
5407 houses included in the
Suraksha Bhavana Scheme and
3344 houses were completed. The
Sayoojyam Scheme envisioned
for the middle class is already
progressing at Kottayam and
Kasargod. Government had
indirect jobs for the youth in the
state. Through the mission till
date 1100 entrepreneurs wereidentified and 430 enterprises
were started. Those who have
opened the new enterprises in
the state belonged to the lower
strata of the society. In the
financial year 2013-14 the
government is aiming to give 100
crore of rupees as loan and for
in the country which is giving
dividend for the last three years.
The institution has achieved record profit in 2011-12 and had
given dividend to it customers,
and the only financial institution
to have published the balance
sheet.
KFC have also given loans
for Cinema-Serial production,
Theater renovation, Energy
saving, Waste Management, Food
security and to many other
sectors. During the 60th year of
KFC which is being celebrated in this current financial year, the
main motto of the corporation is
to implement the low interest
loan scheme offered in the
budget.
The turn over of the Kerala
State Financial Enterprises has
increased to 17,314 crore and
during the last 31st March it was
only 14,648. This year they aim
Rs.18.000 crore rupees. The
amount in the Deposit schemehas also increased to 4599 from
3109 till 31st March 2011. The
branches of the enterprise have
also increased to 460. Steps have
been progressing to start KSFE
bran ch es in almo st al l the
Panchayath as offered in the
budget.
With these kinds of creative
and imaginative schemes, the
Finance, Law and Housing
departments are once againstressing the importance of
imparting welfare measures to
the ordinary citizens of the
state.
written off the pending amount
of Rs 137.94 crore rupees of 38384
be ne fi ci ar ies in the Mythri
Bhavana scheme implemented
for the poorer sections in
between 1996-2004.
Self EntrepreneurshipMission
Self Entrepreneurship
Mission which was proclaimed
in the 2011-2012 with an aim toimpart a comprehensive
development through industrial
development has offered one
lakh direct jobs and five lakh
Rehabilitation Scheme and a
cabinet subcommittee with
Finance Minister as chairman.
The discussion to implement an
affordable housing scheme
which raises the slogan “Land for
every one and house for every
one” is in the offing. A working
women’s hostel with 125 beds
was built in Thrissur, Pulluvazhi
in a mission to provide secure
accommodation for the workingwomen. Included in the second
phase, the same is being built in
Kozhikode and Idukki. Included
in the M N Lakshamveed colony,
extending the scheme and to
increase the participation of the
youths to the scheme the age
limit has lowered from 21 to 18.
Walk-in-interview has been put
in place and the training period
has also been lowered to 13 days.
This project was done in the state
by the Ke ra la Fi na nc ia l
Corporation. The corporation
which has got 1400 crore rupee
wealth has achieved the primestatus of one among the top
financial institutions in the
country during this period. This
is the only financial institution
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Enhancing
Agriculture
‘Nirav’ implemented in12 legislative constituencies. Inthe current financial year, it will be extended to 35 morelegislative constituencies
K P MOHANANMINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE,ANIMAL HUSBANDRY,PRINTING AND STATIONERY
10221 tonnes of extra paddy production
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Emphasis given to enhanceagriculture production.
The pension to farmerswith less than 2 hec. of land is enhanced to Rs.500.
2,07,844 farmers are nowreceiving pension.
A project of Rs. 50 crore isimplemented for enhancing
vegetable farming.
Agro Service Centres in 35selected blocks.
Farmers’ Registration ande-payment facility.
Constituted 61 farmers’group.
3407 hec. barren land wasmade suitable foragriculture.
10221 tonnes of extra
paddy production‘Nirav’ implemented in 12legislative constituencies.In the current financialyear, it will be extended to35 more legislativeconstituencies
Organic farming done in4480 hec. land in selected20 block areas
Organic farming started in25 selected panchayats inKasargod district
Soil-Water preservationprojects at a cost of 16crore under RIDF
1750 check dams built inWayanad District foragricultural development.
Projects for enhancingpoultry farming.
Implemented Farm SchoolProjects
Implemented Summer PlusScheme
247 Field Farm Schools in153 Blocks
5 crore rupees forMultispeciality VeterinaryComplex atKudappanakunnu
1.9 crore forPharmaceutical Division,Palode
Implemented GosurakshaInsurance Scheme
99.75 lakhs for
constructing DistrictVeterinary Hospital atKasargod
Most Modern Four colourweb offset Machinesinstalled at governmentpresses in Mannanthala,Shornur and Vazhur
Eight Sheet Fed OffsetMachines installed atgovernment presses atMannanthala, PoojappuraJail and Kollam
Modern Digital PaperTesting machines installed
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Working places safe
Wages better
Rehabilitation project for immigrantworkers. This will be executed withthe help of Construction workersWelfare Fund. Kerala Compulsoryregistration of Migrant workers Actwill come into effect this financialyear.
SHIBU BABY JOHNMINISTER FOR LABOUR ANDREHABILITATION
All welfare pensions increased up to Rs. 500
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Wages of nurses in theprivate sector have beenraised.
Those who work in thesunlight are allowed totake rest during the noontime. This is because of the sun burn reporteddue to high temperatureduring this time.
All welfare pensions wereincreased up to Rs 500. Allpensions distributed ontime without delay.
Rehabilitation project forimmigrant workers. Thiswill be executed with thehelp of Constructionworkers Welfare Fund.Kerala Compulsoryregistration of Migrantworkers Act will come intoeffect this financial year.
Kerala CompulsoryRegistration of MigrantWorkers Act will come intoforce this year.
Registration of employeesand employer madecompulsory.
Welfare benefits are madethrough banks.
Plantation Housingproject startedfunctioning for better
living conditions of theworkers in the plantationarea.
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Wage security project willbe launched in the statesoon. As part of thisscheme, wage protectionact will come intoexistence. This will ensureminimum wages for theworkers.
Stringent measures aretaken against Nokkukooli.
Labour helpline started tolook into the complaintsof nookukooli. Thecomplaints through labourhelpline will be settledwithin 24 hours.
Thiruvananthapuram,Ernakulam, Kozhikodedistricts are nowNookukooli free districts.
Measures have been takento make state ITIs to thelevel of international
standards. For the firsttime in Kerala, Virtualclasses have beenintroduced in ITIs.
ISO certification for ITIs
Renovation of ITIs havebeen done.
Employment exchangeshave been madeemployability centres.
Kerala academy for skillsexcellence came into
existence in order tomake 500 skilled youths bythe year 2022.
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Ensured food
sufficient
673 Panchayat based VilgilanceCommittees have beenconstituted so as to make thefunctioning of the departmentmore and more efficient.
ANOOP JACOBMINISTER FOR FOOD AND CIVILSUPPLIES, CONSUMER PROTECTION,REGISTRATION
Procurement price of paddy has been raised to 17 rupees
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57 new ration shops started functioningin the state. 5,48,506 new Ration cardsdistributed. Of these 37,872 were BPL.
10 kg rice at the rate 8.90 rupees perKg & 3 Kilo wheat at the rate of 6.70 perKg for APL card holders.
35 Kg rice at the rate of Re.1 for thoseunder AAY.
25 Kg rice at the rate of Re.1 & 8 Kgwheat at the rate of Rs 2 per Kg for BPL
card holders.
10 Kg rice on free of cost basis forthose who come under the Annapoornascheme.
673 Panchayat based VilgilanceCommittees have been constituted so asto make the functioning of thedepartment more and more efficient.
43 new Maveli Stores.
4 Supermarkets were converted intoPeople’s bazaar.
Procurement price of paddy has beenraised to 17 rupees.
Stringent measures to check price riseof essential commodities.
Many measures have been taken toimprove the service of the registrationdepartment.
To settle undervaluation cases one timesettlement scheme implemented. 17lakh undervaluation cases will get thisbenefit.
Online facility implemented for checking
the registration details of title deeds.Computerized the deed details of 20years.
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Enhancing
Power Generation
Launched 10,000 Rooftop Solar Power Plant Programme aiminggeneration of 10 MW power from solar energy.
ARYADAN MOHAMMEDMINISTER FOR POWER AND TRANSPORT
E payment facility at Motor Vehicle department
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ISO certification obtained forMoolamattom and MoozhiyarGenerating stations.
Four 110 KV substations andsix 33 KV substationscommissioned.
Promoted 104894 numbers of service connection.
Introduced online paymentof Electricity bill for HT and
EHT consumers.
Launched SMS registration of complaints.
Introduced E-tendering forall works and contractsabove 25 lakhs.
Compassionate groundsappointment given to 141candidates.
MoU signed with NTPC for200 MW Windfarm atRamakkalmedu.
Introduced free supply of electricity for patientssurviving on the basis of lifesupport system.
Launched 10,000 RooftopSolar Power Plant Programmeaiming generation of 10 MWpower from solar energy.
6350 nos. of domestic andinstitutional type biogasplants of capacity 9900 m3have been installed.
13000 nos. of improveddomestic smokeless chulhashave been installed.
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Five Wind MonitoringStations established forWind resourceassessment.
Energy audit mademandatory for HT / EHTfor high rise buildings andapartments.
Completed the APDRPprojects in
Thiruvananthapuram city.Measures taken toimprove public transportsystem.
Online reservation systemimplemented in KSRTC.
The workshops, headoffice, depot’s etc. of KSRTC werecomputerized.
KSRTC Operating Centreat Ranni.
A new bus station atKanjangad.
E payment facility atMotor Vehicledepartment.
Plan to start driver Testingtracks at all districtheadquarters.
Portable ElectronicWeighing Bridges at 19MVD check posts.
New 8 sub regionaltransport offices will bestarted.
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Future
better planned
The changes have been visible in every strata of development. The people have come to realizethe creative efforts the government had imparted in establishing development and peace in the state. Moreover, the will of thegovernment in executing many differentdevelopmental schemes in the state within astipulated time frame needs worth mentioning.
K C JOSEPHMINISTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENTPLANNING, CULTURE AND NORKA
Completed 151 roads under Prime minister’s Grama Sadak Yojana
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The UDF ministry has entered
into its third year in power. In
the past two years, the
ministry has successfully
showcased people-friendly
governance to the tunes of people’s
expectation. The government has
enabled expanding the developmental
activities across the state, we believe
that more things are there which need
due care and to be completed. Amidst
of all this, we are much happier for the
reason that we could be able to spread
smiles and happiness over the life of
the people.
The changes have been visible in
every strata of development. The
pe op le ha ve come to re al ize the
creative efforts the government had
imparted in establishing development
and peace in the state. Moreover, the
will of the government in executing
many different developmental
schemes in the state within a stipulated
time frame needs worth mentioning.
In the pursuit of enabling development
in the state, the government has equally
addressed the whole society and no
one was omitted out from the
developmental precincts. The
following things are the developmental
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activities that the government has
started or done in the last two
years.
Rural Development
Unlike the past for the last
couple of years the rural areas
have been witnessing sweeping
changes and the fund allotted
for the same were used fruitfully.
Kerala has got several accolades
for the smooth conduction of the
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Scheme in the state.
While, the last government has
spent only Rs 1497.18 crores of
rupees on the same, the present
government in the past two years
had spent Rs 2463.14 for the
scheme. The government has
also implemented 633 lakhs of
employment days for Rs 1048
crore in the financial year 2011-
12 and 833 lakh employment days
on Rs1415.14 crore rupees on
2012-13.
The government also has
spent Rs 10.75 crores of rupeesin order to bear the costs of study
of the worker’s children,
including the workers who had
engaged in 100 days of
employment under the scheme.
Apart from this the government
also had allocated Rs 20 crorein order to distribute Onakkodi
to the women workers who
complete 100 days of work under
the scheme in the budget 2013-
14. People have raised the
demand to increase the
minimum wage of the workers
employed under this rural
scheme to Rs 200 from Rs 164
and the central government had
already increased the wage to
180 rupees.The government also has
taken up the initiative to
complete the 151 roads under
Prime minister’s Grama Sadak
Yojana. 746 kilometer roads
which also include the 25 km
stretch in the Endosulfan
package were sanctioned on a
budget of Rs 460 crores. The
government also was successful
in completing 47 roads (124.22
km) on a cost of 49.88 crorerupees in 2011-12 and 46 roads
(108 km) on 51.08 crore rupees.
The construction of another 612
km roads is underway and is
pr ogre ss ing on fa st pa ce in
different parts of the state. The
government also has increased
the cost of constructing houses
under Indira Avas Yojana
Scheme from 15.9.2011 by
allotting 2.50 lakh to Schdeuled
Tribes and 2 lakh to Scehdule
Caste and other general
sections.
Under the Swarnajayanthi
Grama Swarosnagar Scheme
(SGSY), 3651 Self help groups in
the state were equipped with Rs
363.22 lakh as revolving help. Inthe year 2011-12, 3112 self help
groups and 4299 individual
families were given financial aid
of Rs 5232.61 lakhs of rupees
from the allotted 5439.07 lakh
rupees. Included in the
Integrated Neerthada
Management Scheme, 35
projects for 241 neerthadams
were sanctioned.
Planning
Even though a decentralized planning was implemented the
power to control and implement
the schemes were given to the
TAG. However, the complaints
that this has caused in the delay
of many of the schemes were on
the rise. Taking this criticism into consideration the TAG group
system was stopped and the
control over the project was
given to the elected
representatives which has given
a new dimension to the project.
The government also had given
sanction to the 12th five year plan
with 1.02 lakhs increase. In order
to monitor the yearly schemes
implemented an online
monitoring plan space systemwas introduced. In this way the
yearly plans of all the
departments can be analyzed
online and productively
monitored.
A new budgeting scheme
was also envisaged for Basic
Facility Development scheme in
the year 2013-14 in order to
prevent the misuse of the project
fund. District level awards were
made to the local self bodies whohave successfully implemented
various development schemes in
2012-13. In order for a
comprehensive development
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across the state, Planning Board
Perspective 2030 was given
shape which is to be
implemented in the selected
sectors under long term
development schemes.
Vision Varkala 2020 was
envisioned for the development
of an international tourism and
pilgrim centre in Varkala. For this
a MoU was signed with the
central government private
sector institution Rinse. Rs 1.43crore of rupees were given to
the construction of Papanasam
Balimandapam and Habitat
technology group,
Thiruvananathapuram was
given the construction
obligation. Rs 10 crore were
sanctioned by Central Planning
Commission for the construction
of Centre for Performing arts at
Varkala. Economic census 13 was
started on 1st May 2013 to collectthe statistics of all the Economy
units in the state. Geo Portal
system was also completed.
Culture
Many path breaking
decisions were taken by the
department during a short period
of two years. The major
achievement in this sector is that
the cultural institutions in the
state have full freedom to
function and this has given a newdirection to these organizations.
As a beginning step to built
Heritage Museums in all the
districts, the construction of
Ernakulam District Heritage
Museum at Bastion Bunglow in
Kochi, Thrissur Heritage
Museum at Kollamkode House
were started. The museum
construction at
Thiruvananthapuram and
Kozhikode would soon start.
Central government has given
the sanction to turn
Kalamandalam as a nodal
agency and it has also got the 12
B status by UGC, which is a precious status.
The stipend given to the SC
and ST students were raised to
Rs 1500 from Rs 750. Government
has also taken over the land at
Tasrack near Palakkad to
construct a memoriam for the
late eminent writer OV Vijayan.
Rs 5.25 lakhs was allotted to
construct a memorial for
Sukumar Azhikode at Thrissur
and his large collection of books,
his house and land were taken
by the government. Steps have
also been taken to construct
memorials for Basheer at
Kozhikode, Malabar Cultural
Village and Cartoonist Sankar
Memorial at Kayamkulam. Steps
have also taken to construct Art
galleries at different locationswith the help of local self
governments and Lalithakala
academy. Shilpagramam was
started at Kozhikode.
Madhavamenon art gallery at
Kodungalloor was also opened.
Initiatives were taken to
renovate Hill Palace
Thripponnithara at 5 crore and
Pazhassiraja museum at
Kozhikode.
In order to facilitate the
Malayalam language suiting with
that of computer language an
Electronic Test Composing
Phonic System was also devised,
and steps have been also takento include Unicode system in
Malayalam. Initiatives have also
been taken to the spread of the
Malayalam Mission activities.
Another major important event
hat had helped in uplifting the
status of Malayalam language
among the world languages was
the successful conduction of
Viswa Malayala Mahotsavam
after 34 years in
Thiruvananthapuram recently.
Sree Narayana Studies was
included in the school
curriculum and the new
International Study Centre at
Chempazhanthy was
inaugurated.
1068 artists were given Artists
Pension. Steps have been taken
to start Travancore Folk Village
at Velavoor, Kottayam, gave
shape to Mappila Kala Academy,
Percussion Instrument Museum
at Palakkad were other major
achievements of the
departments during these period.
For the first time in India, Pravasi
Kalaretna, Pravasi Kalasree
awards were in put in place for
the expat artists by Kerala
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.
Insurance and Medical claim
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worth one lakh for artists,
allotment of rupees one lakh
subsidy for the professional
amateur dramas the other
achievements.
Dairy Development
Dairy development in the
state has been on a path
breaking way in enabling the
state to achieve economic
development, many projects and
schemes were implemented in
the sector like Milkshed
development scheme in making
the increase in the productivity
of milk in the state, Rs 19 crore
has been put in place. Subsidy
for Cattle feeds to the diary
farmers has extended all through
the year, theena grass farming
extended in 6,000 hectare,
financial aid given to 8,000
farmers for Azola farming, 39 new
diary clubs were started in a
mission to attract more youthsto this sector.
In order to bring in
transparency in the functioning
of dairy societies, collecting milk
and sale purposes automation
and networking system costing
Rs 3 crore were in the pipeline.
As part of the National Mission
protein supplement scheme the
dairy societies in the Kottayam
and Thrissur districts were
prov ided wi th ba si cinfrastructure like automation,
bu lkco ol er et c. 14 cr ore
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Scheme in the different districts
of the state were being
implemented. The
modernization of the primary
dairy societies in the districts of
Ernakulam, Kozhikode,
Malappuram, Kannur, Wayanad
and Kasargod were being taken
place in allotted 5 crore budget.
The Milk Pasteurising Dairy plant
having the capacity to pasteur
milk worth one lakh litres to be
constructed at Kannur was
equipped with additionalfinancial aid of Rs 7.5 from the
central government.
NORKA
Expat population of the
state has been playing a pivotal
role in making the economy of
the state steady for the last two
decades. It has calculated that
50,000 crores of rupees has been
sending these people to the state
yearly and around 30 lakhs of
Malayalis were working abroad as expats. Nitaqat law
implemented in Saudi arabi has
be co me on e of the grav e
concerns for the expat
populations there. However, the
Kerala government has pleaded
to the Saudi government to
extend the time limit of
implementing the Nitaqat. With
the help of the central ministry
intervening into the matter the
Saudi government had extended
the timelimit to three months
prior implementing the law.
Help desk has been opened
at the three airports of the state
in Kerala for the returning expats
from Saudi as part of Nitaqat and
a 24 hr toll free call centre has
also been enabled at Norka HQ.
The details collected through
this system would help in the
rehabilitation activities of these
people. Government has also
started a survey with the help of
Economic and Statistics
Department from 1st May to
collect the exact information of
the expats working abroad fromthe state. Project for return
emigrants would be started this
year itself for those who are
coming back to the country.
Saphalyam Project was also
implemented in helping the
expats who have released from
the jails of gulf countries and
those who have lost the valuable
documents like passports etc. A
regional office of the Pravasi
Kshema Board has been opened
at Kozhikode. A job portal has
been opened in order to attract
more entrepreneurs to the state
and to help the youths, aiming
for jobs abroad. In order to
extend the service of the
department Norka roots has
opened offices at Kannur,
Kottayam and Thrisur districts.
They have also started satellite
offices at Chennai, Bangaluru,
Hyderabad. A help desk also was
opened at Bahrain.
Information andPublic Relations
The department has been
pl ay ing a pi vo ta l ro le in
addressing the problems of the
people and helped solving them
by enabling them get ting due
attention. Indian Institute of Mass
communication has opened a
centre at Kottayam. The
renovation works of Tagore
Theatre to transform it with
world class facilities were also
started. Through the Integrated
News Grid Scheme in order to
prov id e web ba se d ne wsdistribution the recruitment of
human power to run the project
also was started. Steps have been
taken to start video networking
at the district centres and steps
also have taken to implement
State Information Hub. The
pension of the journalists has
been increased to Rs 7000 from
Rs 4000. Chief Minister’s Mass
grievance redressal programme,
Sutharya Keralam was resumed
with a fresh style from 2011.
Digital archiving of the
newspapers has also been
started.
The government for the past
two years has enabled to bring
developments in all sectors of
the state. The will for establishing
developments and executing it
within a stipulated time frame
has made this possible. But, this
is not sufficient as we need to
travel miles and miles from hereon to bring more and more
development in to the state and
for this mission we can work
together.
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Additional Skill AcquisitionProject has beenimplemented in selected colleges and schools in
order to make the students proficient in another subjectas well.
P K ABDU RABBMINISTER FOR EDUCATION
SSLC result published in record time
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Thunchath EzhuthachanMalayalam University cameinto existence. A dream,seemed to be longdistant, was realized atlast.
Another centre of the
famed English and ForeignLanguage University,Hyderabad will startfunctioning from this yearonwards.
A Technical University hascome into existence.
Posting for 183 nonteaching staff as part of apackage.
Text books reached theschools much earlier than
the beginning of the newacademic year.
528 additional batcheswere allotted to thehigher secondary sectionduring the academic year2011-12. Wages of the preprimary teachers havebeen raised.
Additional Skill AcquisitionProject has beenimplemented in selectedcolleges and schools inorder to make thestudents proficient inanother subject as well.
Free uniform distributionand lunch for students of A.L.P section ingovernment schools
Prof. P.A.J Lebbacommission has beeninstituted for the study of
higher secondaryeducation.
Evening courses started in23 polytechnic colleges.
New courses have beenallowed in government Arts& Science Colleges. 55new courses have beenallotted.
Measures have been takento further development of the basic infrastructure of
higher secondary schools.
SSLC result was publishedin record time.
Measures have been takento implement Prof. Jayarajcommission for the skilldevelopment of studentsdeserving specialconsideration.
All India Council forTechnical education ZonalOffice Started in
Trivandrum for thedevelopment in the field of Engineering education.
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The NationalHoney and MangoFestival 2013Organised by the Department
of Agriculture in associationwith the State Horticulture
Mission and Horticorp at the
Kanakakkunnu Palace
grounds,
Thiruvananthapuram.
Photographs by
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Policing PeopleFriendly
Computer based digitalized set up has been implemented in 100 policestations for making crime detectionmore fruitful and efficient Decisionhas been taken to start the StateIndustrial Security Force which ismodelled on CISF
THIRUVANCHOOR RADHAKRISHNANMINISTER FOR HOME AND VIGILANCE
Help desks for women for listening to the problems faced by them
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Help desks for women for listening tothe problems faced by them
Commissionarate set up in Trivandrum &Kochi cities in accordance with theMega city plan
381 new recruits have been inductedinto the force for the last two years
Sanction was given for starting newpolice stations at Aruvikkara, Marad,Kochi, Ayiroor, Infopark,Marayamuttom, Kadampuzha,Pookkottu Padam and Kaladikkodu
Thunder Bolts, the commando wing of the force came into existence
Computer based digitalized set up hasbeen implemented in 100 police stationsfor making crime detection morefruitful and efficient
State disaster management force cameinto existence. This includes 300trained personnel for managing andhandling any disaster at any time
Student Police Cadet Project is anotherfeather in the cap of Kerala Police
Canteen facility for police personnel hasbeen started in all districts
Promotion for employees in the lowergrade. This will benefit 2500 lowergrade employees
Petitions to the police to be receivedonline
10 additional police stations will startfunctioning for the protection of coastal areas
403 new vehicles will be added to thealready well- equipped vehicular fleet of the force
Decision has been taken to start theState Industrial Security Force which ismodeled on CISF
100 speed checking cameras have been
installed along the highways for thestrict vigilance of traffic violations
A toll free number has come intoexistence for the public to informcomplaints to the vigilancedepartment.
Decision has been taken for thefunctioning of the fire rescue force ina more efficient manner than everbefore. Sanction has been given tostart new stations
Measures are in full swing for
developing Viyyur Fire and RescueServices academy to the level of international standards
Motor cycle with water mist systemstarted functioning
Various development activities arebeing implemented in the jaildepartment on a larger scale.Development activities consisting of more than Rs.154 crore are beingimplemented.
Decision has been taken to set up ahigh security jail for housing
extremists& terrorists. This is beingbuilt at Viyyur
Chappathi making by the jaildepartment has been hailed as greatsuccess. This is a great social serviceallowing people to have their lunch orsnacks at the lowest price. A parcel of 5 chappathis and chicken curry costsRs. 30 and that with vegetable currycosts Rs. 20
Many measures are taken for thewelfare of the prisoners. This includesTV set, FM radio, public addresssystem, computer labs etc. Three
crore rupees has been spent for libraryfacility and job training
A solar energy plant was commissionedin Thiruvananthapuram central jail
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Zero Landless
Zero Landless Kerala project has been declared. 3 cents of land will be allotted to the landless people in Kerala before August15th 2015.
ADOOR PRAKASHMINISTER FOR REVENUE AND COIR
Budget share of the coir sector has been raised
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Zero Landless Kerala project has beendeclared. 3 cents of land will be allottedto the landless people in Kerala beforeAugust 15th 2015.
E- district project is being carried outsuccessfully through Common ServiceCentres(C.S.C)
14 villages will selected as smartvillages. This will be a pilot project inorder to make the services from villageoffices more and more efficient.
Pre- revenue survey Adalaths were
convened by the Revenue Ministeritself.
Land tax revenue has been at its zenithduring the reign of this government.
Each panchayth will have each village.This idea has been accepted. In linewith this, preparations are going on tocreate 30 new village offices in thestate.
Fund has been earmarked in the 2013budget for the creation of 12 newTaluks in the state.
Mullaperiyar Crisis Management Plan
(MCMP) has been prepared with a viewof handling the crisis posed byMullaperiyar Dam.
Revenue land information system hasbeen introduced at Alathur -Vadakkanchery sub registrar officeswith the help of revenue-registrationdepartments. It is a pilot project.
Kerala Legal Metrology (enforcement)rule came into existence on August 172012.
Workshops were conducted inThiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and
Kozhikode for the employees of thedepartment on Legal Metrology Act2009, Rules 2012 etc.
15 new posts were created in the
department in key positions.
Measures were taken to ensure thepurity of gold and its proper billing.
Measures were taken to start Tankerlorry calibration unit, training centre atKonni.
Budget share of the coir sector has beenraised.
Wages of the workers reated to coirsector has been increased.
Working capital limit of the co-operative
societies has been raised to Rs 7.5 lakhfrom Rs 5 lakh.
Measures have been taken to strengthenhusk procurement. Incentives for thishave been raised.
PPSS was launched.
Welfare fund pension of the coir workershas been raised to Rs 500.
Coir Kerala 2013 was conducted topromote coir products both in domesticand international markets.
Cooperative societies in the primarylevel can also export coir items.
International share of the public sectorenterprises such as coir corporation andcoirfed has been raised to Rs.4 crore.
Distribution of coir geo-textiles has beenstrengthened.
Basic amenities for women workers hasbeen improved.
Modern complex for de fibering mill.
Permanent solution for coirfed economiccrisis.
Diversification of coir products. For this
many workshops were conducted.An international exhibition cum salescentre will be constituted at Alleppy onpermanent basis.
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Protecting
Water resources
Rural drinking water projectshave been successfullyimplemented. In addition to theregular 145 crore rupees fund from Central government, thisyear an addition 100 crore
rupees has been received.
P J JOSEPHMINISTER FOR WATER RESOURCES
Measures have been taken for the project ‘one pond in one Panchayat’
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Drinking water distribution has beenimproved to a large extent for the lasttwo years. Cherthali and Kannurprojects have been commissioned.Trivandrum, and Kozhikode projects willbe commissioned this year itself.
Rural drinking water projects havebeen successfully implemented. Inaddition to the regular 145 crorerupees fund from Central government,this year an addition 100 crore rupeeshas been received.
Second phase of the Jala Nidhi project,with the aid of World Bank, started.
Measures have been taken to spreadrain water harvest.
3000 rain water harvesting containersare being built in 6 selectedpanchayaths.
Small scale drinking water projectswere started using ground water inselected places.
Projects for constructing check dams inorder to preserve the running water.
Measures have been taken for theproject ‘one pond in one Panchayat’.
Administrative sanction forconstructing dams at Bhavani river atAttappadi and Pambar river atPattichery.
Kerala’s arguments have gainedstrength in issues with Tamilnadu suchas Mullaperiyar, Neyyar, Aliyar,Parambikkulam, Achankovil-Vaippar etc.
The idea of new dam at Mullaperiyar wasbrought to the notice of the SupremeCourt.
The construction of the nationalwaterway is in full swing. It will becompleted by the end of this year.
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Kerala Tourism
Prime Destination
A new Modern Medical Collegeat Palakkad under theScheduled Caste DevelopmentDepartment. It is the first of itskind in the country. The collegewill start functioning in 2014-
15.
A P ANILKUMARMINISTER FOR WELFARE OF SCHEDULEDCASTES & BACKWARD CLASSES AND TOURISM
Free cycles distributed to 51965 studens during 2011-12
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Self sufficient village projectstarted in order to change theliving standards of schedule castes.
A new Modern Medical College atPalakkad under the Scheduled CasteDevelopment Department. It is thefirst of its kind in the country. Thecollege will start functioning in2014-15.
The financial aid for SC families tobuy land doubled. Those eligible willget Rs. 1,50,000 in rural areas,
Rs.1,75,000 in Municipalities andRs. 2 lakhs in Corporation areas.
The housing aid to homeless SCfamilies enhanced from 1 lakh to 2lakhs.
Rs. 25000 for constructing toiletsto 25000 families,
3.22 core rupees subsidy weregiven to 5341 SC youth for self employment. Dairy unit, Ice-creamvending and Plant nursery wereincluded under self employmentschemes.
Special Scholarship and Text Bookgrant for SC students.
120% increase in lump sum grant,stipend, pocket money, mess feeetc.
The mess fee of students in pre-matric hostel enhanced to Rs.1750and those in Post-matric hostel isenhanced to Rs. 2000.
Under Vision 2013, 704 studentsare undergoing training.
Free cycles distributed to 51965
studens during 2011-12.Homoeo Health Centres started at29 places.
New Model Residential School in
Kuzhalmandham.
Backward DevelopmentCorporation constituted.
Pre-matric Scholarship to OBCstudents.
Rs.21125 crore income fromtourism sector.
Sea Plane Project becomes areality. In the first phase, theservice will be made available atKollam, Astamudi, Thannermukkam,
Bolgatti and Kottappuram.Comprehensive Tourism Policyformed.
Kerala Tourism gets two dozenprizes within two years.
Conducted Tube Campaign atLondon.
Ayurveda Campaign at Germany inorder t promote Kerala as Home of Ayurveda.
A mega road show conducted atSaudi Arabia in order to attract
Middle East.Kerala tourism become number onein google search.
First phase of Comprehensiveheritage tourism projectcompleted.
Administrative sanction for buildingnew guest houses at Ponmudi,Kannur, Sultanbathery, Kasargod,Munnar and Kozhikod.
Commercial and EntertainmentCentre at Vellar.
No Bakel Project Implemented forattracting international touroperators.
Extension of Responsible tourismproject to more centres.
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Now, socially
responsible
Strengthened the campaignagainst Alcoholism by joininghands with Kudumbasree, National Service Scheme,Student Police Cadet and Residents' Associations.
K BABUMINISTER FOR FISHERIES, PORTS AND EXCISE
Model fisheries village scheme launched
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Changed the Excise Departmentfrom an income earning departmentto a socially responsible one.
Strengthened the campaign againstAlcoholism by joining hands withKudumbasree, National ServiceScheme, Student Police Cadet andResidents' Associations.
Announced the Abkari Policy with aview to reduce consumption of liquor.
Help desks have been started in theExcise Headquarters and all theDistrict Head Offices to redresspublic grievances.
700 Anti-liquor Clubs started inSchools.
New scheme to give financialassistance to Governmental andNon-governmental de-addictioncentres.
A Crime Records Bureau started inthe Excise Headquarters.
Sanctioned one Mobile Liquor
Testing Laboratory atThiruvananthapuram.
Integrated Check post started atAmaravila.
New building complex for StateExcise Academy and ResearchCentre at Thrissur inaugurated.
Integrated fisheries village schemelaunched.
Model fisheries village schemelaunched.
Matsya samridhi was successfully
carried out in 887 selectedPanchayths.
Preparations for starting fish
markets with modern amenities.
Thanal Scheme, to help fishermen intimes of scarcity of income , wasintroduced.
Bio- metric card system for allfishermen introduced.
Saving Scheme for all fishermen toget them benefited from it duringtimes of scarcity was introduced.
Housing scheme for fishermen wasintroduced. 800 people have been
benefited from this so far.Arrears have been cleared onwelfare pensions.
Modern facilities for fishing in thedeep waters have been introduced.
Aquarium at Neyyar dam re-opened
Kerosene permit for 22,663 engineshas been advised. Kerosene will bedistributed through civil suppliescorporation.
90%Fishing vessel registration hasbeen achieved.
Various development schemes inharbour engineering.
Master plan for Kannur Airportapproved.
Preparations are going on forimplementing VizhinjamInternational Harbour Project.
Study on environmental issues whileimplementing the proposed harbourscheme.
Facilities for Indian navy and coastguard in the proposed Vizhinjam
harbour.Vizhinjam will be a suitable harbourfor T.E.U mother vessels.
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Everything
for People
Ashwas 2012 was introduced torecover loans. As per thisscheme 1,99,561,16 lakh rupeeshave been recovered. Moreover a concession of Rs. 5348.38have been given to debtors.
C N BALAKRISHNANMINISTER FOR CO-OPERATION KHADI ANDVILLAGE INDUSTRIES AND POLLUTION CONTROL
2039 new ‘Nanma’ Stores started
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Co-operative laws amended totally.
Headquarters for co-operative department.
7th cooperative congress and co opertative expo wasconducted at Thrissur in 2012.
Ashwas 2012 was introduced to recover loans. As perthis scheme 1,99,561,16 lakh rupees have beenrecovered. Moreover a concession of Rs. 5348.38 havebeen given to debtors.
Interest free loan scheme was sanctioned.
The limit for Risk fund scheme, to write off the loans of the deceased persons has been raised to 1 ½ lakhs from1 lakh.
Stringent measures to check market price rice.
During Festival seasons like Onam, X-Mas, Bakrid andRamzan, Consumerfed successfully intervened in themarket to control the possible price hike by selling theessential commodities.
2039 New Nanma Stores started.
54 new Neethi Stores and 12 Triveni stores started.
Triveni Mineral Water introduced.
The courses such as Electronics & Communication,Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Civil
Engineering started at Pathanapuram Engineeringcollege under CAPE.
Quality Improvement programme in the 5 colleges underCAPE.
2 crore rupees sanctioned for starting Institute of Nephrology & Urological Science at Pariyaram Medicalcollege.
Wonderful gain in the field of deposits. A sum of rupees5194.36 crore have been collected through the latestdeposit collection drive.
Kerala Deposits Security Fund Board has beenconstituted.
Scheme for generating job opportunities in Khadisector. New 4737 job opportunities generated.
SILK unit at Palakkad. 65 job opportunities will becreated when the unit start functioning
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Roads toward
World class
Mono rail project will be introduced inTrivandrum and Kozhikode Corporationsin order to avoid traffic congestions.Monorail corporation is constituted.Kozhikod monorail is expected to cost1990 crore rupees as per DMRC report.The project report of
Thiruvananthapuram Monorail has been completed.
V K EBRAHIM KUNJUMINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS
Modernised the PWD manual which was published in 1972
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Most of the roads in the state were repaired androads are in good condition now.
2403 crore rupees for KSTP second phase. 1000 kmRoad heavy maintenance will be conducted. Thetender process of the three roads under thisscheme were completed.
Mono rail project will be introduced in Trivandrumand Kozhikode Corporations in order to avoidtraffic congestions. Monorail corporation isconstituted. Kozhikod monorail is expected tocost 1990 crore rupees as per DMRC report. Theproject report of Thiruvananthapuram Monorailhas been completed.
Road Infrastructure Company of Kerala for roaddevelopment.
Urban Road development project which is going onin Thiruvananthapuram under BOT annuitycondition will be extended to Calicut and Kochi.
Plan for the development of village roads. Theroads under LSGD were enhanced to Major districtroads.
8570 Km roads have been enhanced to Majordistrict roads.
Transparent and efficient e- tendering and e-payment system.
Green building policy in construction sector inorder to solve energy crisis.
Coastal corridor from Vallarpadam ContainerTerminal to Kozhikode via Ponnani. The projectcosts 1327 crore rupees.
Bypass roads are nearing completion.
Tenders invited for Kollam and Alapuzha bypasses.
Repairs of the roads to Sabarimala were completedin record time.
59.46 crore rupees for heavy maintenance atSabarimala.
Modernised the PWD manual which was published in1972.
Record gain in spending plan fund.
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Packages forunder privileged
State Youth policy declared.Policy gives special thrust todevelopment of the Statethrough Youth development.
P K JAYALEKSHMIMINISTER FOR WELFARE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES, YOUTH AFFAIRS, MUSEUM & ZOOS
Laptops for Professional College students
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Special package to thetune of Rs.148 crores forimproving the livingstandards of ParticularlyVulnerable Tribal Groups.
Six Mobile Units forParticularly VulnerableTribal Groups.
Infrastructure Projectsfor Electricity, Drinkingwater, Soil Conservationworth Rs.34.52 crores forParticularly Vulnerable
Tribal Groups.Identity cards forScheduled Tribe families.This ID card is a uniquecertificate and validdocument for all Officialand other purposes.
1189 new houses forParticularly VulnerableTribal Groups.
Five Model Colonies forScheduled Tribes atKuriyottumala in Kollam,
Chalakkayam inPathanamthitta, Kunhomein Mananthavady Taluk,Vakeri in SultabatheryTaluk and Karapuzha(Paroorkunnu) in VythiriTaluk.
Laptops for ProfessionalCollege students.
Bicycles to Girl Students.
Rehabilitation Programmefor Sickle cell anemiapatients.
Special packageprogramme worth Rs.10.35crore for comprehensivedevelopment of
Idamalakkudy TribalPanchayath in Idukkidistrict.
State Youth policy declared.Policy gives special thrust todevelopment of the Statethrough Youth development.
Keralotsawam conducted.Youth Award for the bestindividual youth socialworker and youthorganization distributed.
Five day Nationalintegration camp JagaranBharat organized.
National Tribal Festival 'Gothrayanam' organized inWayanad district.
Three day State level Youngwomen's workshopconducted.
Youth literary camporganized atThiruvananthapuram.
Five day camp for drama
and theatre were organizedin all districts and a statelevel camp organized inThiruvananthapuram.
KCS Panicker Galleryrenovated to internationalstandards.
Introduced non-pollutingbattery operated vehicle inthe Thiruvananthapuramzoo campus.
500 books digitized throughhigh quality scanned images.
Entrance hall of NaturalHistory museum revamped intraditional architecture.
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Panchayats
Strengthened
Thalolam scheme implemented for children infected with cerebral palsy,heart problems, kindney disorders,nervous disorders, haemophilia,Thalismia, Sickle Cell Anaemia etc.5000 children got benefited from this.
Dr. M K MUNEERMINISTER FOR PANCHAYAT AND SOCIALWELFARE
Model Anganwadi’s in all assembly constituencies
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Gramayathra conducted in order to
strengthen grama sabhas.Created 978 Assistant SecretaryPosts, Clerical Posts in Panchayaths.
Created 400 new Assistant EngineerPosts in LSGD Engineering Division.
The honorarium for electedrepresentatives of Panchayathsenhanced to Rs. 1000. An increaseof Rs. 1000 was also announced inthe current year.
Free Sim card to the Presidents, VicePresidents and Secretaries of LSGInstitutions.
A new research centre, South AsianSchool of Local Governance startedat KILA.
International Meet onDecentralisation conducted at KILA.
State Biodiversity Register is underpreparation. More than 500Panchayaths had already preparedthe register.
Kalagramam will be formed at everypanchayaths in order to enhanceand preserve our folklore arts and
culture.Nirbhaya scheme for the protectionof women and children.
Nirbhaya Shelter home started atThiruvananthapuram.
Gender Parks planned atMalappuram, Ernakulam andThiruvananthapuram districts.
Regional Centre for PhysicallyHandicapped and Researchproposed.
Model Anganwadi’s in all assembly
constituencies.450 anganwadi’s will be renovatedand remodelled with the help of NABARD. It is proposed to renovate
and remodel 5 Anganwadi’s in each
assembly constituency.Early detection and prevention of disability will be implemented inDistrict Hospitals.
Anganwadi Worker’s and Helper’sWelfare Fund Board constituted.Families of 66,000 Anganwadiworkers and helpers will getbenefited.
She-toilets in busy cities and towns.23 she-toilets started functioning inThiruvananthapuram.
200 cochlear implantation surgeryunder the scheme Sruthi Tharangam.200 more surgeries will be done in2013.
Aswasa Kiranam project will beextended to the whole state. Atpresent 40,000 people get thebenefit of this scheme.
Thalolam scheme implemented forchildren infected with cerebralpalsy, heart problems, kindneydisorders, nervous disorders,haemophilia, Thalismia, Sickle CellAnaemia etc. 5000 children got
benefited from this.22,500 new Ayalkoottams formed.
Rs. 559.98 crore rupees given asloan to new 30,020 Ayalkoottamsunder Bank Linkage Campaign.
17 buds schools for mentallyretarded children. Vehicles allottedto 33 buds schools.
Buds-Ajeevika project started.
Plan to start 978 Farmers’Facilitation Centres.
Nirbhaya Balaparliaments conducted
at 700 LSGIs. Crime Mapping Processfinished in 10 panchayaths with theactive participation of people.
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Urbans becomemore urban
Solid waste treatment plants withmodern technologies will be installed in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam,Kochi and Kozhikod Corporations,Kottayam and Kannur Municipalitiesunder PPP Mode
MANJALAMKUZHI ALIMINISTER FOR URBAN AFFAIRS AND WELFAREOF MINORITIES
Kerala Waste Management Company in the model of SIAL formed
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Municipal Building Act Amended in orderto benefit the public.
Sustainable Urban developmentprojects in Thiruvananthapuram,Kollam, Thrissur and Kozhikod with anADB aid of Rs. 1522 crore.
Development Master Plan for urbandevelopment. The master plan of 32corporations have been completed.
Rajiv Awas Yojana Project will beimplemented.
Solid waste treatment plants withmodern technologies will be installed inThiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochiand Kozhikod Corporations, Kottayamand Kannur Municipalities under PPPMode.
Small scale waste treatment plantswith a capacity of 25 to 35 tonnes,Plastic Shredding Units etc. will beinstalled in municipalities under KSUDP.
Kerala Waste Management Company inthe model of SIAL formed.
In order to equip the students andcandidates under the minoritycommunity for competitiveexaminations, coaching centresstarted in all districts.
The welfare fund pension scheme of Madrassa teachers made interest-free. 10,000 Madrassa teachersalready registered under this scheme.
Minority promoters appointed in allpanchayaths.
Proposed to start State MinorityCommission having the right of civilcourts.
2.5 lakh rupees financial aid to
minority women self help groups.Study tables and chairs distributed toeconomically backward minoritystudents.
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Health Care
with a vision
Supplying generic medicine free of costfor all patients that seek treatment atgovernment hospitals regardless of APL/BPL difference. This is beingcarried out by Kerala Medical ServicesCorporation successfully.
V S SIVAKUMARMINISTER FOR HEALTH, FAMILY WELFARE ANDDEVASWOM
E-health programme introduced
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Unique health policy and mental health
policy for the state for the first time,in the history of Kerala, is inprogress.
Eight new medical colleges are aboutto start in the government sector.
Supplying generic medicine free of cost for all patients that seektreatment at government hospitalsregardless of APL/BPL difference. Thisis being carried out by Kerala MedicalServices Corporation successfully.
Karunya Pharmacies have beeninstituted for helping patients to have
medicines at the lowest price. Peopleget 20 to 90% discount on medicinesthrough these pharmacies.
216 new posts for doctors in thegeneral category have been created.30 posts have been created in thespecialist category.
J.S.S.K project has been introduced.This is to ensure free treatment formother and baby. Delivery and theprotection of the baby for 30 days willbe on free of charge.
New born screening system for early
detection of genetic disorders suchas autism, retardation, epilepsy etc.
New born babies’ treatment centresin 59 selected government hospitals.
School Health Project is going on
successfully in 13,270 schools. This willbenefit 48 lakh students.
Iron folic acid nutritional schemelaunched.
Disha – exam helpline facility (24 hrs)started in order to reduce stress andanxiety among students during examperiod.
Amrutham Arogyam project forchallenging life-style diseases.
Palliative Care system is now available inall Taluk hospitals.
More dialysis units have been institutedin government hospitals.
Cancer treatment facility in alldistricts.
Public health laboratories in all PHC’s
108 ambulance facility in all districts.
General hospital Ernakulam gets NABHaccreditation for the first time India.
NABH accreditation for Thycaud Womenand Child Hospital. This is the first of itskind in India.
Accreditation for Cherathala Taluk
Hospital (NABH). This is the first of itskind in India
Kerala Accreditation standards forHospitals (KASH) scheme is being
implemented in all government hospitals
in a phased manner. This is to ensurebest treatment for all patients.
Arogya adalaths were held to addressthe issues of the public relating tohealth care system.
A clinical establishment bill is underpreparation for controlling thefunctioning of the private labs. This isto ensure error free report from thoselabs.
E-health programme introduced.
Panmasala and ghutka has been banned.
Measures have been taken topopularize homeopathic treatment.
25 crore rupees for Sabarimala Masterplan and 5 crore rupees for Zero WasteSabarimala has been allotted in thelatest budget.
Cleansed Pampa and Sannidhanam area.
67 crore rupees for renovating theroads connected to Sabarimala.
1.10 crore rupees allocated for PoliceMess.
Safe Zone Project for Motor Vehicle
Department implemented.Security measures tightened byinstalling modern amenities.
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Extracts from the draft report of the Kerala Perspective Plan 2030
Strategy for a
sustained growth
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he Kerala Perspective Plan is a State
Planning Board initiative that will serve as
the basis for implementation of a series of
initiatives aimed at fostering sustained growth of economy over the next 20 years. The
Perspective Plan of Kerala 2030 is a strategic
articulation of its development, vision, mission, goals,
and objectives and a high level strategy to achieve
them. It specifies an action plan around the
framework of resources, competencies and
capacities. It identifies critical challenges; provides
a strategic framework for suitable and inclusive
growth drawing on international experiences; sets
developed country benchmarks for Kerala;
examines the best regional and international
prac ti ces and prov ides the ra ti onale fo r
development planning and resource requirement.
The plan will be implemented through the next four
Plans starting from the 2012-2016 Plan.
The VisionIt is envisaged that Kerala will be a globally-oriented
knowledge hub, in the distinguished league of the world’s
leading knowledge hubs. “It
will be a prosperous,
dynamic, knowledge-
driven,
competitive and
eco-efficient
economy in
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advanced
economies
with a spirit of
entrepreneurship,
innovation,
tolerance and
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The Mission
The Mission is to achieve“Sustainable Economic
Prosperity.” Quality is not enough-
quality matters is the mission
statement. Sustainable Prosperity
means the prosperity for the
present without compromising
the prosperity of future
generations. Four dimensions of
this prosperity are:
Economic prosperity
With the aim of achieving
the high income status
equivalent to Nordic countries
(Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and
Norway) by 2040, Kerala will
achieve the standards of a high
middle income by 2030.
Human prosperity
Quality of life will be shaped
by access to, and quality and
affordability of services namely
health, education, and effective
and clean governance.
Social prosperity
Equal opportunity for every
person residing in Kerala
irrespective of gender,
caste and origin for
intellectual, personal and
professional growth.
Green prosperity
Preserve the natural wealth
of Kerala for future generations.
The major goals are:
i. Achieve annual per capita
income of USD 36,000 by
2040 from the current USD
4700.
ii. With structural growth rates
of a. 2% in Agriculture
b. 9% in Manufacturing
c. 9% in Construction
d. 7.5% in Communication
e . 10% in Educa tion and
Health sectors
iii. Brand Kerala as a global
education and health hub.
iv. Increase the share of
education and health
sectors in GDP to 10%
v. Health security for all
vi. Reduction in
a. Unemployment rate to 4%
b. Gini Coefficient to 23%
c. Poverty rate to 1%
vii. Increasing high standards of
living with focus on the
growth of smart urban and
rural areas.
viii.Upgrade ecosystems,
biod iv er si ty, re so urce s,
through sustainable
prod uc tion sy st ems an d
consumption.ix. Protect wetland
x. Conserve the World Heritage
bio-diversity of Western Ghats
xi. 20% increase in energy and
water use efficiency.
The NewDevelopment Strategy
The New development
strategy proposed for Kerala is a
knowledge-driven Sustainable
Development Strategy. It will
integrate the principles of social just ice an d en vi ro nm en ta l
protection such that the social
and environment capital
complement physical capital to
push the economy to the virtuouscircle of knowledge- driven
sustainable development
process. There are 4 pillars for
the new development strategy.
Building human capacity to
meet the demands of a
knowledge society through
knowledge creation and
dissemination in the context
of a developing country
region.
Creating conducive businessenvironment for utilising
knowledge
Integrating social
development dimensions
Enhancing natural capital.
A leapfrogging is essential
for transformation which is the
first principle adopted when
formulating the perspective plan.
The new strategy proposed here
is based on the systems
approach to planning. Thisapproach would require
coordinated efforts of all the
government departments,
production systems, communities,
NGOs and people to achieve
certain goals. Implementation of
this plan requires a bottom up
approach with local
governments playing a key role
in grass-root planning and its
implementation.
Vision 2030
Some of the major sectoral
perspective plans present in this
section are:
EducationKerala will be a node to
global knowledge network by
2030. It will accomplish
distinctive expertise in
education. The goals are
100% enrolment in primary
schools
95% of all young people
shall complete general or
vocational upper secondary
education by 2015.
50% of all young people
shall complete a higher
education programme by
2015.
The Perspective Plan of Kerala 2030 is a
strategic articulation of its development, vision,mission, goals, and objectives and a high levelstrategy to achieve them. It specifies an action
plan around the framework of resources,competencies and capacities. It identifies criticalchallenges; provides a strategic framework for suitable and inclusive growth drawing oninternational experiences; sets developed country benchmarks for Kerala
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Is the Perspective Plan 2030 going to be a Unique one,what is the difference betweenthis and a Vision Document?
A vision document is something similar
to what our former Rastrapathi Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam presented in the Assembly. It is more
than a presentation in terms of a broad
direction. But a perspective plan is
something which goes more into detail on
what the state should be doing by examining
the various scenarios.
Neither Government of India nor any
other State government has ventured on
such an exercise. Vision documents are
there. But a perspective plan is one which
focuses on individual sectors and which
discusses what can be done, what are the
problems that we face etc. It is actually a
document which discusses the key areas
that the state needs to focus on and that to
over a very long period. It is because of this
the Chief Minister talked about building a
consensus on the Plan. The consensus once
arrived at would mean that irrespective of
which party is in power, this plan will get
followed. Because one thing is very clear,
the People of Kerala need to know in which
direction we are going and what we need
to do and this is the way that we would like
to go forward.
What prompted State planningBoard to prepare a document for Vision 2030?
The State Planning Board was asked by
our honourable Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy to prepare a document for long-
term development. The Planning Board has
State Planning Board Member G. Vijayaraghavan spoke toKerala Calling on Vision 2030. Excerpts
Kerala will account for 50%
of India’s export in education
service by 2030.
Health
Our state has already built
the foundation for accessibility
to health care for all citizens at
the time of formation of the
presen t Kera la st at e on
Nove mb er 1, 19 56 . De sp it e
intensive efforts by the state,
some challenges are remaining;
related to health status, health
infrastructure and health
financing. The goals are:
Increase the health
expenditure to GSDP ratio
from 0.6% in 2012 to 4-5% by
2027-31.
Eradication of
communicable diseases.
Increase the number of
hospital beds to 24/10,000
population, and the number
of nurses to 60/10,000
population and the number
of doctors to 10/10,000
population by 2030.
Set up the medical cities by
2030.
Achieve at least 50% share
of medical tourism in India.Information Technology
Kerala has made
tremendous progress in infusing
ICT in its society and economy. It
is one of the leaders in spread of
tele density, internet, especially
broadband and computers. In the
knowledge economy of Kerala,
digital technologies and
information will combine to
drive productivity and create
new growth opportunities acrossthe whole economy. It will
catapult Kerala to the big league
by enabling digitalization of
information and therebywidening access of that
information to people in a
transparent manner.
Agriculture
A new paradigm has
emerged that recognizes
agriculture’s role in
development in the emerging
context of sustainable
development even while its
overall contribution to GDP
declines. This paradigm requirestraditional agriculture to
transform rapidly into a modern
sector through the adoption of
science-based technology and
entrepreneurial approach. Therewill be a paradigm shift from
subsistence farming to
knowledge intensive
competitive agriculture which
will bring prosperity not only for
this generation but also future
generations. The young
generation will take pride and
dignity in agriculture as an
occupation.
Industry
Industrial developmentactivities in Kerala started as
early as in the middle of the 19th
Century. During the decade of
1934 ti11 1948 several industries
A perspective plan for long-term development
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decided to prepare a Perspective Plan for
2030. We are working very closely with the
National Council of Applied Economic
Research, New Delhi to prepare this. This
has been going for more than a year now
with various consultations with experts at
National level, State level and there have
been various focus group discussions. Based
on which a broad draft has now been prepared. This draft document was initially
presen ted to the cabinet, based on there
inputs some changes has been done. Then
it was presented to the MLAs, then the youth.
The presentation to the Youth was important
mainly because the Plan covers a period
when todays youth will be in positions of
power of decision making.
This is the first time that the youth are involved in a longterm policy matter discussion.
Why so? This is because of the clear cut vision of
our Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. One
of the things that came up in the discussion
with the Chief Minister is that, when such an
exercise is done, when we talk about a Vision
Document of 2030, we are talking of a period
when the present youth will be in important
positions. So it is necessary to consult them
as you prepare for 2030. And as part of that
there were meeting with the youth. Mainly
Students of Economics from various colleges
in Kerala. We have held discussions with
them and their feedback has been taken
into account. Similarly the draft will be
circulated among all stakeholders. Based
on their feedback, the final report would be put up for discussion on the website for
public access. Everybody’s comments will
be taken into account. This will also be
discussed with party leaders and final
document will be prepared.
Which are the major challenges in the growthsector?
There are macro level as well as socio-
economic challenges, our State is facing.
Till 1986, the rate of growth in our social
indices was good. But our economic growthwas not okay. From 1986 onwards we have
seen economic growth however there have
been challenges in maintaining our progress
on the social side. When one studies the
growth it is sad to see that if you remove the
growth due to remittances and the growth
due to remittances, tourism and
construction, you find that the state has been
stagnating. This is not a good in the long
term. What it indirectly means is that if
something happens in the areas from where
we are getting our remittances, the state
will be getting into a very serious situation.
This has to be addressed immediately
Is this problem addressed in
this vision document Yes. There are various scenarios which
have been looked. The main three
scenarios which are discussed in this
document are: Growth after assuming that
Banking, Communication Growth rates will
be th e sa me as the na tion al av erag e;
Growth rates in banking, communication
and construction; Growth after decline in
remittances.
Which are the other factorsthat we need to address?
The other factors are Unemployment,
Inequity, Poverty, Social Challenges such as
gender issues, social exclusion and
Alcoholism, and Human Development and
Demographic Challenges etc. Keeping all
this in mind, the vision document is
prepared.
were established in Travancoreand Cochin areas. Currently, the
industrial sector is characterised
by several challenges, such as
low share of industry in GSDP, low
quality industrial growth due to
a rather small share of
manufacturing, low sided
composition of industries etc.
The Vision
Establish Kerala as one of
the most attractive locations for
business investments in Asia.Kerala will develop the
industrial sector that is
dominated by high value added
activities, Innovation-driven and
Socially and environmentallysustainable. The goals are:
Increase the share of
manufacturing from current
8% to 10% of GSDP by 2030.
Shift in the structure of
industry from resource-
driven in favour of
efficiency- driven over the
next 20 years and then to
efficiency-driven by 2030.
The share of registered
sector in totalmanufacturing will rise to
20%.
Adoption of clean
production systems.
TourismTourism is a significant and
vital industry to Kerala. It has
great strategic importance for
the Kerala economy due to its
capacity for wealth-generation
and job-creation. It is one of the
growth driving sectors where
Kerala has clear competitive
advantages.
The vision is to introduce
newer products for leisure
tourism, such as Tourism tied to
handloom villages, Cashew
investment zones, coir investment
zones
Cruise tourism, hydro-
tourism
Annual International Indian
and Carnatic Music Festivalin Thrissur
Tribal Village tourism in
Wayanad
Adventure tourism of
international standards.
The report comprises of
three volumes. The first part, as
described above dealt with an
overview of the characteristics
of the Kerala economy; analyses
its growth patterns from 1956
onwards; identifies issues and challenges and benchmarks the
state with comparable countries
and regions. Volume II deals
with the sectoral perspective
plans with situational analyses,
diagnostics, regional and
international benchmarking,
projections for future growth,
detailed strategies, its impact on
the economy and resource
requirements. Volume III
describes the key elements of the new strategy that will realize
the vision for Kerala, drawing on
the discussions provided in the
above two volumes.
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dreaded cancer. Now I am scot
free in the medical check-up last
week even though I suffer from
other supplementary ailments.’’
Kollam Thulasi, the film doyen
of Malayalam revealed his fatal
life-story before an audience last
month in the capital city. Helooks quite ok and spoke
eloquently. He spent nearly five
hours in the seminar attended
by the Finance Minister K.M
Mani and senior journalists. The
function was organised by the
Kesary Memorial Journalist Trust
with the support of State Lotteries
Department on the Expansion
and Promotion of Karunya
Benevolent Scheme.
He said: “Nobody needsscared of cancer if one accrues
the support of Karunya, the treat-
ment of RCC (Regional Cancer
Centre, Thiruvananthapuram)
and the essential will power. I
killed the cancer who came to
kill me with these three forces.’’
In fact, Kollam Thulasi who
hails from the lucrative film
industry and drawing a
handsome pension himself found
it difficult to meet the mammoth
treatment expenses. Thus he
approached the Lottery
department for financial
assistance from Karunya. If this
is the case of a well-to-do
gentleman, the poor and under-
privileged would be in more
trouble. Now 10,307 beneficiaries
of Karunya Benevolent Fund
share more or less the same sort
of consolation Kollam Thulasi
enjoyed. Rs. 111 crores has
already reached the poor people
in this regard. This is a healing
figure as far as the poor is
concerned for no other option
is open to them otherwise in such
a scale.Karunya is in fact a novel
scheme to support the needy
irrespective of APL, BPL
difference. It is a flagship welfare
R VENUGOPAL
Karunya
Benevolence
IncredibleI
was a villain on the silver
screen for so many years.
But a rather powerful
villain hit me down about
one year ago and I fell down. I
was about to die. I realized the
fag end of my life- my friends, the
real relatives, the hard realitiesand so forth. But unbelievably, I
managed to subdue my enemy
within. I returned to life. The
enemy was none, but the
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the department has registered a
record sale of Rs. 2779 cr., Rs. 1015
cr. has been given back to the
people as prize money. Agents
and sellers were benefited with
an almost equal share of Rs. 904
cr. vide commission and
discount. Net profit of Rs. 776 cr
went to the exchequer be ne fi tt in g the ov eral l
development of the state.
It is also note-worthy that the
department, reaching all-time
high is on the threshold of
modernization. The draw, now
being taken manual ly will be
done using specially designed
machine soon. The trial and error
test, public and media interface
and liaison with trade union
representatives were all carried
out. The government has
accorded administrative
sanction for the draw machine.
The payments by the agents in
the district lottery offices are to
be done through State Bank. This
is supposed to be a hallmark
achievement enhancing the
efficacy of district offices as well
as reducing the work load.
scheme of the UDF government.
The government has initiated
Karunya weekly lottery through
the State Lottery Department
and the entire profit has been
earmarked for treatment
assistance. A separate wing
Karunya Benevolent Fund
(KBF) has started on 26th
February 2012 under the
department. So far the
department has conducted 84
draws of Karunya lottery striking
a grand collection of Rs. 694 cr
and net profit of Rs. 154 cr. No
other state is known to have
derived such a benevolent
scheme utilizing lotteries.
The scheme is applicable to
all who draws an annual
income below three lakhs of
rupees. The only document the
pa ti en t or re la ti ve ha s to
produce is his/her rat ion card
supporting the claim of income.
No ot he r ag en cy, st at egovernment or non government
sector offers so liberal aid for
medical treatment at par with
Karunya. The only other criterion
is the respective doctor’s
authentication of treatment. The
patient is eligible for treatment
in all Medical Colleges, District
and other hospitals in the
government sector as well as 48
accredited hospitals in the non-
government sector. The coverage
includes treatment for heart,
liver, kidney, lung diseases,
cancer and hemophilia. It is also
applicable to emergency
surgeries, organ transplantation
and peritoneal dialysis. Recently,
the Finance Minister announced
coverage for applicants applying
within 48 hrs of emergency
surgeries and hemophilia to all
ailing members of a family (In
other cases, the coverage is
limited to the family).
In addition, the government
has decided to start Karunya
Dialysis Centres in Alappuzha,
Kottayam and Thrissur Medical
Colleges. The centres inThiruvananthapuram and
Kozhikode Medical Colleges are
nearing completion. Each unit is
given Rs. 2.9cr and comprises of
10 dialysis machines. Also, the
Medical Services Corporation is
entrusted with the task of
supplying medicine and other
equipments to the needy. An
array of advertisements cast by
mainstream film actors free of
cost helped Karunya to become
popular.
This year is all time
remarkable in the annals of StateLotteries not only with its unique
brand of benevolence but also
with the record revenue and
other welfare measures. While
Karunya, the brain-child of
Finance Minister KM Mani was
announced by him in his budget
speech in 2011-12. His devotion
to Karunya was obvious in the
interaction with senior journal-
ists. He had accepted almost all
the major recommendations re-
lated to the scheme at once. As
the department achieve new
heights in revenue, the poor willalso benefit vide Karunya in
years to come.
The writer is PublicityOfficer, Kerala State Lotteries
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Karunya, the brain-child of FinanceMinister KM Mani wasannounced by him in
his budget speech in2011-12. His devotionto Karunya wasobvious in theinteraction withsenior journalists. Hehad accepted almostall the major recommendationsrelated to the scheme
at once. As thedepartment achievenew heights inrevenue, the poor willalso benefit videKarunya in years tocome.
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medium and small towns along
the National Highways and State
Highways are also facing the
same situation.
Thiruvananthapuram, the
2nd largest city of the State, has
to accommodate substantial
floating population. The
T h i r u v a n a n t h a p u r a m
Corporation has an area of
214.86 sq.km with a population
of 9.6 lakhs (2011 census) plus.
The only mode of public
transportation, now available in
the city is bus services, owned
by Kerala State Road Transport
Corporation (KSRTC) and
private operators.
The National Highway 66
(previously NH 47) crosses the
The traffic scenario in
most of the cities of
Kerala are getting
worse day by day due
to the unprecedented explosion
in the number of personal
vehicles, inadequate road width,
lack of parking space other
societal activities on the road
sides and unplanned urban land
use development that has
happened in the past. The cities
like Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi
and Kozhikod has reached the
limit and cannot go forward without immediate intervention
regarding the traffic
management and infrastructure
development. All the adjacent
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Studies have reported that Bus Rapid systemis ideal for mass transport for PHPDT lessthan 6000 only. Monorail is therecommended option up to PHPDT of 16,000
for a life cycle cost per seat. Metro is the bestoption of PHPDT of more than 20,000. Thetraffic studies carried out has identified thecorridor from Technocity (Pallipuram) to Neyyattinkara along NH 66 as the corridor needing a mass transport systemimmediately.
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city in the North South directionwith a length of 80 Km in the
district. The National highway
byepass originally planned from
Kazhakkuttam to Kaliyikkavila
for a length of 43 Kms stopped at
Kovalam in the 1st phase and
the 2nd phase is yet to be started.
The state Highway 1 also named
as Main Central Road (MC
Road) which ends at Angamally
and the Kollam – Shenkotta
Road (upgraded to NH) alsoserves the city. The City Road
Improvement Project (CRIP)
phase I which envisaged 42.58
km of road widening is in the
last stages of completion.
The components coming
under this project are widening,
strengthening and geometric
improvements of 13 corridors, 4
additional links, improvement of
65 junctions, construction of two
flyovers, 5 minor bridges, oneunder pass, widening of Pettah
ROB and provision of road side
appurtenance s, signs and
marking for all the above roads.
This project could have eased
the traffic congestion in spite of
the vehicle growth. But the lack
of parking spaces which was not
envisaged originally is
demanding uncontrollable road-
side parking which in turn has
reduced the capacity of theroads. Identical situation exists
in other cities also.
The Central Railway station
has 5 platforms and handles
more than 70,000 passengers a
day with more than 100 trains
(including 30 goods trains). The
International Airport operates
daily flights to all important
places including Gulf countries
in addition to domestic flights.
These facilities also add to thetraffic in the city.
The peak hour traffic along
the busy National Highway
stretch inside the city has
crossed 7,000 in 2012 which is
projected to 14,000 in the year
2041. As per the studies, the peak
hour traffic in PCU/hr for the year
2012 is 3,341 for
Kesavadasapuram - Ulloor, 2,468
for Ulloor – Sreekariyam and
2,524 for Sreekariyam – Kazhakkoottam stretches which
warrants four lane capacity at
present.
The total number of
vehicles having valid registration
in the district as on 31.03.2010 is
7,21,769 with more than 50% of
two-wheelers. The traffic of the
outer cordon points of the city
as on 2011 is shown in Table 1.
Uder the circumstances,mass transportation system has
to be implemented for our cities
at the earliest. Public Transport
occupies less road space and
causes less pollution per
pa ssen ge r th an pe rson al
vehicles. Hence this is more
sustainable form of transport. All
state capitals as well as other
cities with a population of more
than one million to start with
should be planned for highcapacity public transport
systems. Various proven
technologies around the world
should be looked at. The
technology should best suit the
city requirements for a minimum
of 30 years. There is a need for
establishing quality focused
multi-modal public transport
systems that are well integrated,
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Table 1
Vettu road Chittazha Karakulam Kachani Kundamon Mangattu Nemom Mukkola(MC Road) kadavu Kadavu
No.of Vehicles per day 37599 13844 18269 3629 20379 11248 19984 18998
PCU per day 41819 15998 16949 4803 19403 8525 24066 20658
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providing seamless travel across
modes.
Quality and pricing of Public Transport
So far, fares for public transport
have been set on the premises that,
this mode of travel is used by the poor, who have no other means of
meeting their travel needs. As such,
fares have been kept low as a
measure of social equity. This has
resulted in most public transport
systems being unable to recover
their operating costs. It has, in fact,
encouraged poorly operated systems
that have been financially
sustainable only through serious
compromises on the quality of the
service they render. In the presentday context, however, public
transport serves another social
purpose. It helps reduce congestion
and air pollution, if users of personal
vehicles can be persuaded to shift
to public transport. Their needs are,
however, for improved quality and
not so much for low fares. It is
therefore, necessary to think of
different types of public transport
services for different segments of
commuters.
Technologies for PublicTransport
There is a wide spectrum of
public transport technologies. At
one end is high capacity, but high
cost technologies like
underground metro systems and
at the other are low capacity bus
systems running on a shared right
of way. Within these extremes
are a range of intermediate
possibilit ies, such as buses on
dedicated rights of way, elevated
sky bus and monorail systems,
electric trolley buses etc. While
some of them are most effective
over high density trunk corridors,
others prove useful as feeder
systems or subsystems that serve
limited sub areas within a city.
Similarly, there are examples
of available waterways being
taken advantage of public
transport and also systems likeropeways that suit hilly terrains.
While the high capacity rail
systems and buses on shared
rights of way are the only one’s
tried out in India, several of the
others have proved successful in
other parts of the world. Electric
trolley buses have been running
in San Francisco. New Bus Rapid
Transit systems (BRTS) have
become very popular in cities
like Bogota (Colombia) and Curritiba (Brazil).
Each of these technologies
has its unique characteristics
and is best suited to a specific
situation. Factors such as the
urban form, terrain, availability
of waterways, level of demand,
direction and extent of sprawl,
projections for future growth,
extent of population density etc.
are major determinants of the
technology that should be
chosen. While rail-based systems
seem to suit dense cities with
limited sprawl and only a few
spinal corridors, bus systems
seem better where urban
densities are lower and the city
has spread over a large area.
Given the wide range of possibilities, it is not possible to
pr escr ibe a pa rt icul ar
technology in a generic policy
and such a choice will have to
be made as a part of city specific
land use and transport plans. It
would also depend on the kind
of city that would need to evolve
at the particular location.
Several Mass Transit options
are available that include both
the rail and bus system. There isno single right or wrong
technology since much depends
on the local circumstances. The
factors affecting technology
choice include capital costs
(infrastructure and land costs),
operational costs, design and
implementation considerations,
pe rformanc e an d ec onom ic ,
social and environmental
impacts.
The advantages and disadvantages of some of the
available public transport
technologies also indicating the
technologies that best suit
H eavy Rail Transit system is
a system using rails of high
performance, electrically
powered rail cars operating
in exclusive rights-of-way,
usually without grade
crossings. Metro is the most
common international term
for Heavy Rail Transit. Thissystem is the most expensive
form of MRT, but has the
highest capacity.
Automated Guideway
Transit is any guided transit
The availableoptions for transit
system include
In the present daycontext, however,
public transportserves another social purpose. Ithelps reducecongestion and air pollution, if users of personal vehiclescan be persuaded toshift to public
transport. Their needs are, however,for improved quality and not somuch for low fares.It is therefore,necessary to think of different types of public transport
services for different segmentsof commuters.
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mode with fully automated operation
(i.e., no drivers); however, the term
usually is applied to systems
employing vehicle technologies other
than those used for conventional rail
systems.
Monorail (MRL) is guided transit
mode with vehicles riding on orsuspended from a single rail, beam,
or tube. It is high quality, ultra-
modern and passenger-oriented mass
transit system that delivers fast,
comfortable, economical and eco-
friendly mobility to urban dwellers.
Vehicles may employ steel wheel or
rubber tire support.
Light Rail Transit (LRT) is a rail transit
technology capable of providing a
broad range of passenger capacities.
It is most commonly referred to as
“streetcars” or “trolleys”.
Commuter Rail is a mode of
transportation that is based on
operating passenger trains on the
tracks of the general railroad system,
which is shared with freight trains.
BRT : The bus technology family for
rapid transit systems is broadly
categorized as Bus Rapid Transit, or
BRT. BRT is a bus operation generally
characterized by use of exclusive or
reserved rights-of-way (busways) that
permit higher speeds and avoidance
of delays from general traffic flows.
Maglev (derived from magneticlevitation), is a system of
transportation that uses magnetic
levitation to suspend, guide and
propel vehicles from magnets rather
than using mechanical methods, such
as wheels, axles and bearings.
different local situations.
Studies have reported that
Bus Rapid system is ideal for
mass transport for PHPDT less
than 6000 only. Monorail is the
recommended option up to
PHPDT of 16,000 for a life cycle
cost per seat. Metro is the best
option of PHPDT of more than
20,000. The traffic studies carried
out has identified the corridor
from Technocity (Pallipuram) to Neyyattinkara along NH 66 as the
corridor needing a mass
transport system immediately. A
monorail system which can
accommodate sharp curves up
to 60 m radius and gradient upto
6% which can meet the ridership
requirement has been found to
be su it ab le fo r
Thiruvananthapuram.
As per the Detailed Project
Report, the first phase of the proj ec t co vers a di st an ce of
22.48 kms with 19 stations starting
from Technocity to Karamana.
The stations are Technocity,
Pallipuram, Kaniyapuram, ,
Kazhakootam Jn, Kariyavattom,
Gurumandiram, Pangappara,
Sreekariyam, Pongumoodu,
Ulloor, Kesavadasapuram, Pattom,
Plamoodu, Palayam, Secretariat,
Thampanoor, Killipalam and Karamana.
Land acquisition for the
monorail system is minimum
(only in stations and depots) and
is around Rs. 479 crores including
the land value, compensation of
build ings and depot land (30
acres). For the full length of the
monorail corridor, alignment
formation is estimated to Rs.1168
crores. Based on the Mumbaimonorail project, each station
building is estimated to Rs. 8.26
crores. For the 35 stations, the
cost is estimated to Rs.289 crores.
For traction and power supply,
the rate per kilometer is
estimated at Rs.9 crores and the
total cost estimated for thiscomponent is Rs.377 crores. In
the case of signaling and
telecommunications, the
estimated cost is Rs. 7.31 crores
per kilometer, which indicates
the cost of signalling and
telecommunication at Rs. 305
crores for the complete project.
Provision for costs for
switches and crossings,
miscellaneous utilities, road
works, civil works not considered
above and for providing feeder
service is given as lump sum of
RS.300 crores. In addition, design
charges are provided with 5% of
the estimated cost of the project,
but exc lud ing land value and
compensation for buildings.
Another 5% is provided for
contingency expenses. Taxes
and duties are also added at 20%
of the cost. With all the above
components, the total cost of the
project is estimated as Rs. 5099crores, with Rs. 2775 crores in
Phase I and Rs. 2324 crores in
Phase II. The cost works out to
Rs. 125 cr. per kilometer for the
phase I and Rs. 118.7 crores per
kilometer for phase II.
It is expected that Phase I of
the project can be completed
in 5 years time including the four
laning of the Kazhakkuttam –
Kesavadasapuram road. Even
before Phase I is completed,extension of Phase II can be
considered.
The writer is Director, NATPAC
Each of these technologies has itsunique characteristics and is bestsuited to a specific situation. Factorssuch as the urban form, terrain,availability of waterways, level of demand, direction and extent of sprawl, projections for future growth,extent of population density etc. are
major determinants of thetechnology that should be chosen.
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StepsFruitful
Time and tide waits for no man. A stitch in
time saves nine. Such dictums indicates
that timely action and decision have its
importance. Jana pakshachuvadukal (steps for
people’s welfare) published by Information and
Public relations Dept., a collection of
governement orders, is not just a book of
collected records. But it reflects the soul and
will of a govt. The book also reflects the
perseverance taken, some times by burning themidnight oil, and the keen interest in going
through the miseries and agonies of even
destitute. Changing the conventional parameters
of development such as bridges, roads and multi
crore projects, it also reveals how the decisions
of the Govt could untie the red tape of the
definitely effect the life of the people.
The first order given in the book is about the
hike effected in the annual income from 20,000 to
one lakh for getting financial benefits from the Chief Minister’s relief fund. The Chief Minister can also
sanction amount up to 10,000 for treatment in
special cases. Amount up to one lakh is allotted by
the Chief Minister in cases of death due to disaster.
Amount exceeding one lakh will be allotted with
the approval of the cabinet. The modifications In
the orders came to effect from 11th of April 2012.
This order benefits more people from getting
financial assistance of Govt.
Though the Govt. has issued orders during 2008,
sanctioning pension to widows having matured son,
under BPL category, it did not work accordingly
resulting in delay and denial. The complaints were
many that received during the mass contact
programme, regarding the non receipt of pension.
Thus the Govt. has further clarified in a circular
about the right of the widows under BPL on getting
pension. It also warns the officials from denying
pension to the eligible.
Inhabitants, in buildings, which fall under the
shadow of doubt of being built by violating the rules,
cannot be denied the right to vote. They need
proper documents to include their names in the
voters list, and to get new ration cards. The dead
lock was cleared by the Govt. by entitling local self
governments to issue temporary building permits
in such cases. It is applicable to completed buildings,with an area up to 300 square feet only. The G.O
also ensures action against illegal construction, on
finding it in detailed enquiry.
salary bills without counter
signature.
Incorpora ting rules by
including dependent widowed daughters , divorced daughters
(till re marriage or death),
disabled sons/daughters in the
list of kerala freedom fighters
continuous pension. Revision in
quantum of assistance under the
santhwana scheme introduced
through Norka department
providing help to the pravasis.
Sanctioning grant for eligible law
graduates belonging to
backward classes, for starting
prac tice as advocates. Order
entitling District collectors asauthority to issue BPL ration
card. Free supply of electricity
for patients, surviving on the basis
of life support system. Facilitate
government buildings for the
smooth entry of handicapped
persons. permanent travel pass
for handicapped in KSRTC buses.
Condonation of delay in
submitting application for
financial assistance in family
be ne fi t sche me. Deci sion to
conduct survey adalats invillages to settle long pending
issues. And Hiking bonus from
rupees 350 to 1000 per hectare
to paddy farmers.
The orders issued recently
by the govt. in respect of the
victims of endosulphan is a
paradigm of its humane face.
Inclusion of 1318 patients in the
list for financial assistance and
other facilities and sanctioning
rupees 3 lakhs to victims of
endosulphan, suffer due to
cancer are among the ordersissued. The book that carries 43
such orders is helpful for social
activists and political workers in
guiding and helping the needy.
The lame excuses of
b t th d l i
Changing the conventional parameters of developmentsuch as bridges, roads and multi crore projects, it also
reveals how the decisions of the Govt could untie the red tape of the bureaucracy fromeither denying or lagging thetime with lame excuses.