‘Kerala is an ideal place for investment’

: Security Mission, we will ensure that paddy cultivation is extended to at least 10,000 acres next year. In this background, I think it is worth mentioning that the Government has wiped out the tendency of suicide among farmers in the state. Earlier, three districts from the state were included in the list of 36 districts in the country that were hit by farmer suicides. Now the Centre has removed these three districts from its list.

The law and order situation has also improved with the strengthening of community policing. The low crime rate makes Kerala an ideal place for investment. There were allegations that the state is not a good place for investment. This is part of a propaganda unleashed by a section of the media and some reactionary forces. Successive governments in Kerala, both the LDF and the UDF, had to bear the brunt of this malicious campaign. This has affected industrialisation in the state.

Facts, however, are different. Kerala lost the least number of working days due to labour issues, say statistics from Delhi. Yes, the labourers in Kerala are aware of their duties and responsibilities. No industry can survive in Kerala by exploiting the workforce. This is not just because workers have organisations but because their political awareness gives them the power to bargain. The same awareness makes them a good, sensible and cultured workforce, an exceptional team in the country. Enthusiastic entrepreneurs are always welcome to invest here.

Density of population is high in Kerala. So land for development is a problem for the government and investors. To make land available for genuine industrialists, we are trying to put an end to the land mafia that has been working in the state for some time now.

Strict legislations are in the pipeline to control this mafia. An example was the Munnar operation, where we acquired thousands of acres of illegally occupied land. This process will continue. While the Centre is closing and divesting public sector industries, in Kerala, we reopened many of the closed PSUs. Fifteen loss-making industries have seen a turnaround.

Information Technology is another sector that the government is working on. Given the talent of the Kerala youth, we believe we can do more. In the last two years, 41 new IT companies have come to Kerala. Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram are being developed as the foremost IT locations in the region. About two...

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