NET STATE DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND PER CAPITA INCOME OF KERALA

Item

Year(2003-04)

Growth rate(%)

Net State Domestic Product at current prices ( X Rs.10 million)

78933.13

11.1

Per capita Income at current prices (in Rs.)

24053

10.1

SECTORAL SHARE OF NET STATE DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT FACTOR COST AND CURRENT PRICES  (2003-04)

Item

%

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

16.4

Mining & Quarrying

0.3

Sub-total: Primary sector

16.7

Manufacturing

7.5

Electricity, Gas and water supply

3.3

Construction

11.8

Sub-total: Secondary

22.6

Transport, Storage & Communications

8.9

Trade, Hotels & Restaurants

23.3

Banking, Insurance & Real Estate

13.0

Public Administration & other Services

15.5

Sub-total: Tertiary

60.7


LAND USE PATTERN IN KERALA ( as on 2003-04)

Classification of land

Area in Hectares

% of area

Total geographical area

3885497

 

Forest

1081509

27.83

Land put to non-agricultural use

387848

9.98

Barren & uncultivated land

29510

0.76

Permanent pastures and grazing land

447

0.01

Land under miscellaneous tree crops

11939

0.31

Cultivable waste

70823

1.82

Fallow other than current fallow

39376

1.01

Current fallow

70535

1.82

Net area sown

2193510

56.45



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AGRICULTURE

PRINCIPAL CROPS (production 2003-04) in MT

Crop

Production

Rice

570045

Pulses

4272

Pepper

56842

Ginger

29714

Turmeric

6653

Cardamom

8709

Arecanut

83749

Banana

386382

Other plantains

389034

Cashewnut

651957

Tapioca (Cassava)

2503558

Coconut

5484 *million nuts

Coffee

63850

Tea

55887

Rubber

655750


FISH PRODUCTION ( in 100,000 tonnes) – 2003-04

Marine

Inland

Total

6.08

0.79

6.87

EXPORT OF MARINE PRODUCTS( 2002-03)

Quantity in Metric tones

Value in Rs.  x 10 million

76627

1099


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TYPES OF FORESTS IN KERALA

Forest Type

Area (Sq.Km)

% of total area

Tropical wet Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests

3299

35.10

Tropical Moist Deciduous forests

4100

43.62

Tropical dry Deciduous forests

100

1.06

Mountain sub-tropical temperate shoals

71

0.74

Plantation

1791

19.05

Grass land

40

0.43

Total

9400

 

Status of Bio-diversity in Kerala

v    329 species of ferns and fern allies

v    4575 species of angiosperms

v    326 species of bryophytes

v    428 lichens and 866 algae

v    132 species of mammals

v    169 fresh water fishes

v    5300 invertibrates

v    93 amphibians

v    156 reptiles

v    477 birds

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Rates for water connection

Type of connection

Rate

Domestic

Upto 10,000 lts

10,000 to 30,000 lts

30,000 to 50,000 lts

Above 50,000 lts

Rs. 20 p.m.

Rs.20 + Rs.3.00 per 1000 litres in excess of 10,000 litres

Rs.80 + Rs.5.00 per 1000 litres in excess of 30,000 litres

Rs.180 + Rs.7.35 per 1000 litres in excess of 50,000 litres

Non-Domestic

Upto 50,000 lts

Above 50,000 lts

Rs.7.35 per 1000 lts with min. charge of Rs.100 p.m.

Rs.386 +Rs.10.60 per 1000 lts in excess of 50000 lts.

Industrial

For entire consumption

Rs.10.60 per 1000 lts with min. charge of Rs.200 p.m.


POWER GENERATION

Installed capacity for generation is 2608 MW (October 2003)

Growth in generating capacity

Year

Capacity (MW)

1996-97

1508.5

1997-98

1775.8

1998-99

2043.1

1999-00

2391.2

2000-01

2420.7

2001-02

2601.62

2002-03

2601.62

2003-04

2615.71


PATTERN OF POWER CONSUMPTION

Power system at a glance ( March 2004)

Installed capacity (MW)

2615.71

Generation per annum (MU)

4488.06

EHT lines – CT Km.

9256.12

11 K.V. Lines – CT Km.

33280

L.T. Lines – CT Km.

201637

No. of EHT Substations

205

No. of consumers ( in millions)

7.253


EXPORTS FROM KERALA (2002-03)

Item

Value (Rs. x 10 million)

Cashew kernels

1192

Marine products

1205

Spices

660

Coffee

865

Tea

518

Coir & Coir products

357

Cotton garments & piece goods

433

Others

5656


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INDUSTRY

GROWTH IN GENERAL INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Index of Industrial Production for the year 2001-02

Item

Weight

2002-03

General Index

 

267.355

Manufacture of food products

8.82

130.38

Manufacture of beverages, tobacco etc

1.46

230.71

Manufacture of cotton textiles

8.02

113.81

Manufacture of wool, silk and man made fibre textiles

1.26

32.92

Manufacture of textile products

3.26

18.72

Manufacture of wood and wood products

1.35

39.74

Manufacture of basic chemicals and chemical products

19.78

274.85

Manufacture of rubber, plastic, petroleum and coal products and processing of unclear fuels

10.06

197.99

Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products

3.42

176.35

Manufacture of basic metals & alloys industries

3.43

77.90

Manufacture of metal products and parts

0.50

646.38

Manufacture of machinery and equipment

9.46

1240.27

Manufacture of transport equipment and parts

2.67

19.41

Other manufacturing industries

1.42

28.65

Electricity generation, transmission and distribution

21.93

172.18


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INDUSTRY

GROWTH OF WORKING FACTORIES 1990-2001

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

THE KERALA ADVANTAGES

·        Most advanced telephone network

·        Highest rural telephone Industry

·        Highest telephone density

·        70% of India’s Data Traffic flows through Kochi

·        IT Budget spent highest in the country

·        New BPO/ITES Policy

·        IPR Measures

·        Only State to sign e-Governance Manual

·        IT curriculum in 2600 High Schools

·        Business friendly State

·        Trivandrum Knowledge Campus

·        Kochi – the emerging ITES hub

IT Industry in Kerala 2004

IT Companies

No. of industrial units

Employ

-ment

Domestic turnover (Rs. Millions)

Export turnover (Rs. Millions)

STPI Companies

320

3500

20.00

50.00

Technopark

65

6500

300.00

2600.00

CSEZ – Kochi

30

3000

 

2000.00

Hardware assembly

3000

25000

6000

 

Software developers

450

5000

500

 

TOTAL

3865

43000

6820.00

4650.00


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TOURISM - 2003

International Tourists arrival – 0.295 million

Domestic Tourists – 5.87 million

Revenue generated in the economy – Rs. 9830 million

Employment – 0.80 million

Accommodation facilities in classified hotels

Category

No. of hotels

No. of rooms

No. of beds

5 Star Deluxe

2

246

494

5 Star

5

373

752

4 Star

10

556

942

3 Star

60

2363

4519

2 Star

41

1109

2185

1 Star

21

268

489

Heritage Resorts

9

234

423

Total

142

5049

9804


INFRASTRUCTURE

ROADS

Road network in Kerala has the distinction of achieving connectivity to all the villages in the State.

The total road length is 145704 km, and availability of roads in Kerala is 3.75 km per sq.km of area.

Growth of Motor vehicles in Kerala


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INFRASTRUCTURE

PORTS

Kerala has one Major Port at Kochi, which handled 12.06 million tonnes of traffic in 2002-03. Besides this, there are 17 Minor Ports in the State.

Details of port calls at Kochi – 2003-2004

Types of vessel

No. of ships

Net registered tonnage

Container

381

2040622

Break Bulk

136

238814

Dry Bulk

52

390937

Liquid Bulk

338

4901374

Passenger carriers

18

268146

Others

208

101016

RAILWAYS

Kerala has a well established rail network spread along 13 railway routes with a total length of 1148 km. In 2002-2003, the passenger traffic was 121.70 million and goods traffic was registered at 4071000 tonnes.

AIRPORTS

Flights operated from International Airports in 2002-03

Airport

No. of flights

No. of passengers

Domestic

Int’l

Domestic

Int’l

Trivandrum

4822

10688

390607

967365

Nedumbassery

7170

4308

413565

419306

Kozhikkode

3556

3315

187932

324088


INFRASTRUCTURE

COMMUNICATIONS

·        Total no. of Telephone exchanges in Kerala : 1195

·        Equipped capacity (No. of connections) : 4.07 million

·        Telephone density of 10.54 per hundred population

·        84 telephones per sq. km.

·        All telephone exchanges connected to STD/ISD network

·        Internet nodes available at all District headquarters

POST OFFICES

·        All villages in the State covered by the postal system

·        5083 Post Offices in Kerala during 2002-2003

·        4204 Post offices located in rural areas

·        One post office for every 6283 persons

·        One post office serves an area of 8.22 sq.km.


SOCIAL INDICATORS

LITERACY

AGE COMPOSITION

Year

Population in million

Age composition

0-14

15-59

60+

1961

16.9

42.4

41.6

6.0

2001

31.8

24.0

66.2

9.8

2021*

36.0

18.7

65.7

15.6

* projected

EDUCATION

SCHOOL EDUCATION (in 2003-04)

No. of Lower Primary  Schools

6712

No. of Upper Primary Schools

2951

No. of High Schools

2608

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COLLEGE EDUCATION

Arts & Science Colleges - 2004

Name of University

No.

Kerala University

59

Calicut University

91

Mahatma Gandhi University

100

Kannur University

40

Total

290

University-wise number of Engineering Colleges – 2003

Name of University

No.

Kerala University

19

Calicut University

18

Mahatma Gandhi University

22

Kannur University

4

Cochin University of Science & Technology

15

Kerala Agriculture University

2

Total

80


Branch-wise seats’ distribution in Engineering Colleges – 2004-05

Branch

Seats

Civil Engineering

932

Mechanical Engineering

1791

Electrical Engineering

2550

Electronics & Communications

5025

Computer Science & Engineering

4560

Applied Electronics and Engineering

660

Architecture

80

Industrial Engineering

30

Chemical Engineering

150

Production-cum-Plant Engineering

30

Instrumentation & Control

120

Information Technology

2380

Polytechnics – annual intake of students – 2004-05

Trade

Intake

Civil Engineering

980

Mechanical Engineering

1310

Electrical Engineering

930

Electronics Engineering

1830

Chemical Engineering

90

Automobile Technology

360

Textile Technology

160

Computer Engineering

1760

Instrument Technology

110

Polymer Technology

140

Computer Hardware Maintenance

755

Tool & Die

90

Electronics Production Technology

120

Architecture

100

Electronics & Communications

490

Electronics & Instrumentation

320

Wood & Paper Technology

40

Painting Technology

70

Commercial Practice

300

Electronics & Avionics

50

Computer applications & Business Mgmt.

260

Bio-medial Engineering

100

Information Technology

40

*Note : There are 59 Polytechnics in Kerala


INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

No. of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI)

32

No. of Industrial Training Centres (ITC)

398

Annual Intake of Students

57149

No. of Trades for One year Training

16

No. of Trades for Two year Training

16

MEDICAL FACILITIES

Health Institutions in Government Sector- 2002-03

Category

No. of Institutions

No. of Beds

Allopathy

1310

46224

Ayurveda

845

3411

Homeopathy

557

1170

Total

2712

52805

Details of  Allopathic Institutions

Category

No. of Beds

Hospitals under Directorate of Health Services

38242

Medical College Hospitals

8558

ESI Hospitals

1249

Regional Cancer Centre

320

SCT Institute of Medical Sciences

217

Hospitals in Co-operative sector

2740

Private Sector

67517

FINANCE

Banking Statistics - 2002

Particulars

SCB

DCBs

PCARDBs

RRB

CBs

PACS