Kerala India. Business Export Thiruvananthapuram Kochi Kottayam Kozhikode

Kerala is rich in industrial potentialities and infrastructure facilities such as hydro-electric power, rich forests, rare minerals and the efficient system of transport and communications. Traditional industries are handloom, cashew, coir and handicrafts, other important industries are rubber, tea, ceramics, electric and electronic appliances, telephone cables, transformers, bricks and tiles, drugs and chemicals, general engineering, plywood splints and veneers, beedi and cigar, soaps, oils, fertilizers and khadi and village industry products. There are a number of manufacturing units for production of precision instruments, machine tools, petroleum products, paints, pulp paper, newsprint, glass and non-ferrous metals.

Principal export products are cashew nut, tea, coffee, spices, lemon grass oil, sea foods, rose wood and coir. The state has an abundance of important minerals like ilmenite, rutile, monozite, zircon, sillimanite, clay and quartz sand. Software exports increased by around 66%

In Kerala 14655 joint stock companies were working (13210 private limited and 1445 public limited companies). Kerala has the largest number of PSUs in India (113 out of 1071) which employ 1,15,697 persons, of these 63 manufacturing units are classified under chemical, engineering, electrical, equipment, textiles, electronic, ceramics, infrastructure,
agro and wood based sectors.

Kochi (Business) is the only city in India having three Special Economic Zones – Electronic Parks at KINFRA in Kalamassery, Cochin SEZs, Port Based SEZ. Other SEZs – Malappuram Food Park, Technopark, proposed SEZ - Thiruvananthapuram Apparel Park, Film and Video Park, Animation SEZ (First Animation SEZ in India).

The Government of Kerala has drawn up an investment promotion programme named as Kerala Local industry Promotion Programme (KLIPP)

Information technology. Government has taken several steps for the development of IT in the State: Technopark ...

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Transport (परिवहन)

Roads: Kerala is the maiden state in the country having hundred per cent road axis to its remote villages.

Railway:  total railway route of 1,148 km and covers 13 railway routes.

Aviation: There are three airports: Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode, of which the first two are international airports.

Ports. Along its coastline of 585 km Kerala has one major port at Kochi and 17 minor intermediate ports. Completion of the Project would make the Kochi Port as a major hubport in the Indian Ocean.

Agriculture. 50% of the population depends on agriculture. Kerala is a major producer of coconut, rubber, pepper, cardamom, ginger, cocoa, cashew, aracanut, coffee and tea. Spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, etc., are also cultivated. Rice and Tapioca are the important food crops.

Pepper is one of the major export oriented commodities. Kerala accounts for 83% of area under rubber in the country.

Power
Consists of 30 power generating stations which include 24 hydel, 5 thermal and one wind. Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad.

Districts (जिले) Alappuzha Ernakulam Kasaragod Kollam Pathanamthitta

Tourism. Kerala has emerged as the most acclaimed tourist destination in the country. Beaches, warm weather, back waters, hill stations, water falls, wild life, Ayurveda, year–round festivals and diverse flora and fauna make Kerala a unique destination for tourists.

Kerala is the home of many colourful festivals. Most of them have a religious  fervour inspired by Hindu mythology: Sabarimala, Thrissur ...

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Kerala (केरल)