Kerala

April 26, 2013

Anand Sharma to review industry issues of the Southern states

Tags: Anand Sharma, commerce, industry, textile, Kerala

The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, Anand Sharma is on a two days visit to Kerala to review issues pertaining to Commerce, Industry and Textile in the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

April 08, 2013

Kerala’s alcohol consumption worth Rs 8,841 crore

Tags: Kerala, alcohol, KSBC

According to the data provided by the state-owned Kerala State Beverages Corporation (KSBC), liquor sales touched an all-time high in Kerala at Rs 8,841 crore for fiscal 2012-13.

March 13, 2013

Kerala to soon attract more tourists

Tags: Kerala, Kerala Tourism Infrastructure Ltd, Tourism industry, Suman Billa, foreign exchange

The Kerala government will soon provide last mile connectivity by air to draw more tourists to its scenic destinations across the state and showcase its legendary Muziris port in Thrissur district, officials said Tuesday.

February 20, 2013

Microfinance grows significantly: Report

Tags: Microfinance Institutions Network, Gross Loan Portfolio, Alok Prasad, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh

While microfinance institutions in Andhra Pradesh continue to be at a standstill, the industry has witnessed decent growth in the rest of the country, a report said Tuesday.

January 31, 2013

Morbidity costs of tobacco higher in Kerala: Expert

Tags: Morbidity cost, Kerala, tobacco, healthcare, K.R. Thankappan, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science, Cessation centres, Gauravi A. Mishra, Tata Memorial Centre

Morbidity costs of tobacco are higher in Kerala than in the rest of the country, a health expert said explaining that this was because the people of the state enjoy greater access to healthcare -- not because they necessarily consume more tobacco than other Indians.

January 21, 2013

Kerala targets doubling coir exports in 5 years

Tags: Coir export, Kerala, Adoor Prakash, United States, Latin America, African countries, Europe, NCRMI, Coir Kerala 2013

Kerala, which supplies nearly 99 percent of India's finished coir products, hopes to more than double its exports to over Rs.2500 crore ($450 million) in five years from Rs.1,084 crore ($197 million) in 2011-12, Revenue and Coir Minister Adoor Prakash has said.

January 11, 2013

Kerala longs for more 'pravasi' money

Tags: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Vayalar Ravi, Oommen Chandy, Kerala, M.K. Yusuf Ali, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, NRI, Lakshmi Mittal, Sant Singh Chatwal, Air Kerala, Middle East, Air India Express

As the 11th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) came to a close here in Kochi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi and Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had reasons to pat themselves on the back with hopes of increasing diaspora investments.

January 09, 2013

Vayalar Ravi asks cash-rich NRIs to invest in Kerala

Tags: Vayalar Ravi, NRI, Kerala, investment, Oommen Chandy, 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Sam Pitorda, National Innovation Council, Ayurveda promotion

Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Wednesday made a fervent plea to the cash-rich non-resident Indians (NRIs) to seriously apply their mind to investing in Kerala.

January 07, 2013

'White-skinned' tourist arrivals drop in Goa

Tags: Dileep Parulekar, Goa, Foreign tourist, Russian, Gujarat, Kerala, British tourist

'White-skinned' tourist arrivals have dropped in Goa this tourist season, according to Tourism Minister Dileep Parulekar.

December 31, 2012

Coir industry needs more public, private aid

Tags: Coir, production, Manufacturing, Coir Board, M.Kumaraswamy Pillai, india, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Higher public and private investments into modernizing and mechanizing the coir industry in India, the top producer and exporter of the fiber, can help farmers and manufacturers fight off competition from alternative synthetic products, according to the state-run Coir Board.

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Kerala

Anand Sharma to review industry issues of the Southern states

Kerala’s alcohol consumption worth Rs 8,841 crore

Kerala to soon attract more tourists

Microfinance grows significantly: Report

Morbidity costs of tobacco higher in Kerala: Expert

Kerala targets doubling coir exports in 5 years

Kerala longs for more 'pravasi' money

Vayalar Ravi asks cash-rich NRIs to invest in Kerala

'White-skinned' tourist arrivals drop in Goa

Coir industry needs more public, private aid

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