KERALA-INDIA'S MOST ADVANCED SOCIETY
Kerala, the progressive land with immense opportunities for investors, bestows an investor-friendly environment with well-structured policies and pioneering initiatives. The world-class infrastructure and the support make way for a successful venture. Among the leading commercial and trading centres of India, Kerala offers conducive environment for setting up any industry.
ADVANTAGES OF KERALA
* Strategic Location
* Easy Accessibility
* Excellent Communications Network
* Highly Skilled Manpower
* World Class Infrastructure
* Total Support
* Extremely Low Operating Costs
* India's Most Advanced Society
This is what the rest of the world is saying about Kerala:
"Best Performing State"
-Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India
"One of the 10 exotic Paradises in the world and one of the 50 'must-see' destinations of the world"
- National Geographic Traveler
"One of the 10 best sites in India"
- PC World (about www.keralatourism.org, the official site of the Department of Tourism, Kerala)
Kerala has had a commendable record in terms of the Physical Quality of Life Index. Indicators of PQLI like infant mortality (13%), female literacy (86%), and life expectancy at birth for males (69) and females (72), are well above all India levels. The major reason for this achievement is Kerala's focus on the service sector. About 37% of the total annual expenditure of the State is earmarked for health and education. Another reason for this is the existence of a larger network of health infrastructure with 961 primary health centres and 5094 sub centres.
Transport system
The public transport system in the state consists of government buses, private buses, taxis and autorickshaws. Almost every nook and corner of the state is connected by a road network. Three National Highways - NH 47, NH 17 and NH 49, link the state with other parts of the country. There are around 200 railway stations and 101 train services connecting the state to almost all major cities of India.
Inland water transport system is available in the districts of Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Ernakulam. Boats are used in certain areas for public transport. Under consideration is an inland waterways project for linking the southern and northern tips of the state.
The airports in the state are the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, the Kochi International Airport and the Karipur Airport at Kozhikode. Along with Indian Airlines other private airlines too operate services through these airports to different destinations. Thiruvananthapuram boasts of a number of international flight connections.
Strategic Location
Strategically located midway on the corridor connecting Europe and the Far East countries, the entire State of Kerala is one extended urban neighbourhood.
Easy Accessibility
The State has three airports, all operating International flights. The Container Port of Kochi has the most modern facilities, and is one of the best natural harbours in the world. There is no congestion at the port; it is increasingly sought after as a port-of-call for cruise ships.
Communication Network
Kerala provides high international connectivity and instant data transfer facilities. Investment bases such as Technopark, even provide an in-campus dedicated satellite earth station, which offers global information links that are quite inexpensive.
What is more, Kerala is one of the only two locations in India where both the optic fibre submarine cables SEA-ME-WE-3 and SAFE converge, giving superb Global Connectivity at unbelievably low rates.
In addition, Kerala not only has the highest tele-density, but also the highest penetration of optic fibre cable in the country. Kerala also comes across as the cell phone circle with the highest density in India, with an unparalleled connectivity across 70 different towns. Even in the most remote part of Kerala, state-of-the-art digital exchanges provide voice communication to every nook and corner of the world.
Manpower
Kerala has the highest literacy rate in the country and it offers educated and trained manpower in abundance. Several reputed universities and a wide range of technical institutes such as the College of Engineering, Trivandrum and the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, churn out world class engineers, scientists, technicians, analysts and programmers, making Kerala the most dense cluster of Science and Technology personnel in India.
World Class Infrastructure
In order to promote the core competency areas of Kerala, dedicated sector-specific industrial parks are rapidly being set up across the State. These parks offer walk-in-and-manufacture environments with state-of-the-art, infrastructure, thus making locating industry hassle-free.
Technopark - Trivandrum is a glittering example in the above stated scenario.
Kerala-The Preferred Industrial Destination
Power Tariff Lowest
Water Tariff Lowest
Water Quality Good
Telecommunication Network Throughout the state
Air-connection An airport can be reached in less than two and a half hours from anywhere in the State
KINFRA Export Promotion Industrial Park - Common Facility
KINFRA Apparel Park - Common Facility
Total Support
In order to promote industrial growth, the Government of Kerala offers a host of pro-active policies and pro-enterprise incentives. The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation provides total support and single-window-clearance facility.
Low Operating Costs
Compared to other competitive locations, start-up costs are substantially low; almost as low as 75% in walk-and-manufacture environments like Technopark. Low starting salaries, along with low rentals, power, water and transport tariffs keep operating costs minimal
India's Most Advanced Society
The living standard of Keralaites too is high when compared to the national level. With a population of about 30 million, the state is India's most progressed society in terms of education, literacy and health. In fact, Kerala has the highest Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) in India and the highest Human Development Index.
With highest literacy rate in country, highest life expectancy, least population growth, lowest infant mortality, Kerala, not surprisingly, has been adopted by the world bodies as the role model for developing countries.
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