 Wood and bamboo based industries can also
be developed in selected regions of the
State.
 Mining and quarrying are important
economic activities, although the impact
they may have on the environment needs to
be closely monitored.
 KSIDC has also initiated a special finance
assistance scheme known as “Angel Fund/
Seed Fund” to promote entrepreneurship
among the youth of the State.
 KFC has been playing a major role in the
industrialisation of Kerala. The main
objective of KFC is to extend financial
assistance to micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) in the manufacturing
and services sectors.
 Kerala, with its excellent connectivity,
communication network, availability of
highly skilled human resources, and
relatively good industrial infrastructure, is
highly suited for the growth of the MSME
sector.
 Kerala accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the
country’s total food exports. Kerala has been
traditionally strong in spices, marine
products, cashews, coconuts, cocoa, coffee
and tea and fruits like banana and pine
apple.
 In Kerala, 28 species of bamboo are found.
Bamboos from Kerala forests are being
supplied mainly for the pulp and rayon units
under concessional rates.
Service Sector
 Kerala has declared access to internet as a
basic right and has taken immediate steps to
implement the right through the Kerala Fibre
Optic Network (KFON) project that aims to
eventually provide internet connectivity to
every household in the State.
 Kerala State IT Mission is an autonomous
nodal IT implementation agency of the
Department of Information Technology,
Government of Kerala which provides
managerial and technical support to various
initiatives of the Department.
 Kerala declared as the 1st digital State in the
country by GoI in 2016. Hi-Speed Rural
facebook.com/kasmentor www.kasmentor.com
Broadband Network was first commissioned
in India at Idukki
 e-District, a State Mission Mode project
under Digital India, targets delivery of high
volume citizen services provided by the
district administration.
 Akshaya is an innovative project launched
on November 18, 2002 to bridge the digital
divide. It works on public private
participation mode.
 Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) is the nodal
agency of Government of Kerala for
implementing the entrepreneurship
development and incubation activities in the
State.
 The Institute of Advanced Virology
established in 2019 in the Bio 360 Life
Sciences Park, Thonnakkal,
Thiruvananthapuram by the GoK Plan is
envisioned as an institute of global standards
networking Global Virology Institutes with
most modern laboratories focusing research,
diagnosis and management of emerging and
re-emerging infectious viral diseases.
 The tourism industry promotes ecologically
sustained tourism. The State is actively
promoting tourism in domestic and
international markets.
 The statistics on the distribution of domestic
tourist visits in Kerala by State of origin in
2018 reveals that about 62.42 per cent
originated within the State.
 Export of marine products from Kerala also
witnessed decline in growth rate in 2018-19.
 The export of cashew kernels from Kerala
also declined to 29,062 MT valued ₹1,892.6
crore in 2018-19 as against 36,930 MT
valued ₹2,580.4 crore in 2017-18 registering
a decline of 21.3 per cent in volume and
26.7 per cent in value.
Human Development
 Changathi: The exclusive programme,
launched in 2016 is for migrant workers for
making them competent in reading and
writing.
 Kerala has achieved the distinction of
having the lowest dropout rate of school
students among the Indian States. In the year
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