they play not only in terms of their potential
,
as paid workers but more importantly
through their ‘invisibilised’, unpaid work in
social reproduction.
 Nirbhaya programme of Women and Child
Department envisages setting up of
’Nirbhaya Homes’ for sexually abused
women (now called Women and Children
homes).
 Child abuse cases especially incidence of
sexual abuse of girl children are on the
increase. The growing tendency, especially
in adolescence, towards substance abuse,
use of alcohol and cyber abuse is another
key area of concern.
Kerala Diaspora
 The estimated number of international
migrants has increased over the past five
decades.
 Although workers from all parts of India
migrate for employment, migrants from
Kerala have certain comparative advantages.
 According to Kerala migration surveys,
about 90 per cent of Kerala migrants leave
for the Gulf for temporary contract
employment and the Gulf does not provide
citizenship and all of them have to return
back to Kerala once their contract expires.
 Malappuram District has the highest number
of residents who lived outside India
 More than half of the women migrating
from Kerala are having at least a degree,
while more than half of the men are
educated only to a higher secondary level.
 NBFC is an initiative by the Government of
KeralaGoK, offering comprehensive support
services and advisories to prospective
investors among NRKs on investment
opportunities available in Kerala.
Infrastructure
 The changing infrastructure landscape in the
State has generated significant interest from
external investors.
 Major transport infrastructure of the State
consists of 2.73 lakh km of road, 1588 km of
railways, 1687 km of inland waterways and
18 ports with 585 km coastal route and4
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 Kerala has four international airports viz.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode and
Kannur.
 The State-run Kerala Automobiles Limited
(KAL) plans to manufacture up to 8,000
electric Kerala Neem-G auto rickshaws in a
year and sign a contract with Swiss electric
bus manufacturer HESS to assemble and
manufacture e-buses.
 The number of vehicles per 1,000
populations for Kerala as on March 2018 is
383.
 The highest vehicle population was recorded
in Ernakulam District with 19,45,451
vehicles (14.6 per cent) and Wayanad
District has the lowest number of 2,06,476
(1.5 per cent) vehicles.
 There are about 200 railway stations in the
State (95 under Palakkad Division and 105
under Thiruvananthapuram Division).
 Kerala has a coastal length of approximately
585 km. There is one major port at Cochin
and 17 non-major ports.
 Kerala’s logistics sector is dominated by
road and rail systems. The contribution of
waterways in the transportation sector is
considerably low on account of multifarious
reasons like low accessibility, reliability,
cost and convenience.
 Kerala is the first State in the country to
attain 100 per cent house hold
electrification.
 Power Supply Agreement (PSA) has been
executed with Solar Energy Corporation of
India (SECI) for 300 MW from Wind
projects and Tehri Hydro Development
Corporation India Limited (THDCIL) for 55
MW capacity additions at Kasaragod Solar
Park.
 KSEBL has targeted 2018-19 as zero
accident year and efforts were made to attain
the objective.
 The Government’s top most priority is to
increase power generation to ensure
availability of power to match the increasing
demand.
 Kerala Telecom circles serve the whole of
Kerala State, the Union Territory of
Lakshadweep and part of Union Territory of
Puducherry (Mahe).
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