Kerala striving to attract industrial investments, says Rajeeve
2 months, 1 week ago

Kerala striving to attract industrial investments, says Rajeeve

The Hindu  

Kerala has transformed into a single urban entity with industries expanding across the state under a unified concept, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve said on Saturday. The Minister said that Kerala ranks first among States in the ‘ease of doing business’ based on investor feedback. Umesh, KINFRA Export Promotion Industrial Park chairman Sabu George, Thrikkakara municipal councillor M.O. Varghese, FICCI Kerala State Council former chairman Deepak L. Aswani, and KINFRA managing director Santosh Koshy Thomas were among those present on the occasion.

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Kerala set to become a trillion-dollar economy by 2047, say experts at IKGS
1 month ago

Kerala set to become a trillion-dollar economy by 2047, say experts at IKGS

The Hindu  

Strategic investments, sustainable development, and a thriving business ecosystem can help Kerala become a 1 trillion dollar economy by 2047, according to experts who participated in the Invest Kerala Global Summit held in Kochi. During discussions on the first day of the event held on Friday under the theme ‘Kerala Towards $1 Trillion Economy,’ participants said that the State could …

Centre fully supports Kerala in attracting investments: Piyush Goyal
1 month ago

Centre fully supports Kerala in attracting investments: Piyush Goyal

Deccan Chronicle  

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has lauded Kerala as a highly attractive destination for global investments, assuring the Centre’s full support in the state’s development initiatives. Addressing the Invest Kerala Global Summit at the Lulu Bolgatty International Convention Centre in Kochi, Mr. Goyal highlighted Kerala’s strengths in tourism, manufacturing, and logistics.“Kerala is at the forefront of development …

United for Kerala’s development, rival fronts echo its pro-business credentials at investment summit
1 month ago

United for Kerala’s development, rival fronts echo its pro-business credentials at investment summit

The Hindu  

The rival political fronts in Kerala put up a united face for the State’s development at the Invest Kerala Global Summit on Friday as they voiced support for boosting industrial growth and ensuring a favourable investment climate. However, the differences were set aside as heavyweights in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, including Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Nitin …

Kerala to be best spot for knowledge-based industries: P Rajeev
1 month ago

Kerala to be best spot for knowledge-based industries: P Rajeev

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of the “Invest Kerala Global Summit,” state industries minister P Rajeev spoke to Vishnu Varma about the nature of investments the state is expecting, the change in policies with regard to industrialisation, the benefits of the Vizhinjam transshipment port project and much more. State industries minister P Rajeev What are the expectations from this year’s global summit and how …

Minister Rajeeve welcomes Tharoor’s views on Kerala’s investment environment
1 month, 1 week ago

Minister Rajeeve welcomes Tharoor’s views on Kerala’s investment environment

The Hindu  

Industries Minister P. Rajeeve welcomed the views of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who praised Kerala’s push for industrialisation, the changing investment atmosphere in the State, and the government’s urgency in speeding up clearances and highlighting potential new areas like artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. Opposition parties work against the ruling party only in the Assembly House, not when it comes …

Changing Kerala: Lumbering jumbo to a lithe tiger
1 month, 1 week ago

Changing Kerala: Lumbering jumbo to a lithe tiger

New Indian Express  

Back in 2007, in my book, The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone, I described the Indian economy as an “old elephant”, a creature with a “big, slow, lumbering” presence and a “long but not always happy history”. Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation injected new vitality into the economy, gradually replacing the elephant’s “old fat” with “muscle”. Indeed, according to …

Kerala’s startup ecosystem booms: 10 innovative startups to watch in 2024
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kerala’s startup ecosystem booms: 10 innovative startups to watch in 2024

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Last year, Kerala’s startup ecosystem grew five times more than the global average and was valued at $1.7 billion. Netrasemi Pvt Ltd Founded in: 2020 Founders: Jyothis Indirabhai, Sreejith Varma and Deepa Geetha Based in: Thiruvananthapuram Funding: Raised funds of Rs 10 crore Milestones achieved: Rs 40 crore grant funding from GOI About: Netrasemi is a semiconductor company that …

Industries aligned with youth’s skills key to job growth: Minister
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Industries aligned with youth’s skills key to job growth: Minister

The Hindu  

Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said that Kerala offers ample opportunities for investors to establish industries that match the skills of the youth, ensuring better job prospects within the State. He was inaugurating the Malabar Conclave here on Thursday organised by the Industries department ahead of the Invest Kerala Global summit to be held in Kochi on February 21 and …

Kerala to become new global hub of cutting-edge manufacturing industries: Minister P Rajeev
2 months ago

Kerala to become new global hub of cutting-edge manufacturing industries: Minister P Rajeev

Live Mint  

Davos, Jan 21 Kerala will become a new global hub of knowledge-based, cutting-edge and high-tech manufacturing industries within the next 10-15 years, the state's industries minister P Rajeev has said. Here in Davos for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Rajeev said his government is inviting companies for the Invest Kerala Global Summit to be held next month. For the …

Kerala govt invested over Rs 21.8k crore in firms opened under Year of Enterprises programme: Minister Rajeeve
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala govt invested over Rs 21.8k crore in firms opened under Year of Enterprises programme: Minister Rajeeve

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The state government has invested Rs 21,838 crore in establishments opened under the Year of Enterprises programme, Industries Minister P Rajeeve said at the Mission 1,000 conference held by the department on Tuesday. Mission 1,000 seeks to launch 1,000 MSMEs in the state with each of them generating an average annual turnover of over Rs 100 crore in the …

Kerala open to discuss new projects with Adani; not keen on any big polluting industries: Rajeev
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala open to discuss new projects with Adani; not keen on any big polluting industries: Rajeev

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Kerala is not averse to discussing any new project with the Adani group and will do so only if there is a "win-win" situation which benefits the people of the state as well, a senior state minister has said. Rajeev said Kerala has a big investment from the Adani group in the Vizhinjam Seaport near its capital Thiruvananthapuram and …

TiE Kerala aims to create robust business ecosystem
3 months, 3 weeks ago

TiE Kerala aims to create robust business ecosystem

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The 13th edition of TiEcon Kerala, the state’s largest entrepreneurial conference, commenced at the Hotel Grand Hyatt, Kochi Bolgatty, on Wednesday. The event, organised by TiE Kerala, brought together a diverse group of entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, and innovators to discuss the state’s growing role in global business landscape. TiE Kerala president Jacob Joy, while sharing the vision for …

Kerala targets Rs 1-L cr turnover from industries
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala targets Rs 1-L cr turnover from industries

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Kerala is targeting to set up 1,000 industries with a minimum turnover of Rs 100 crore in the next few years with the focus on the knowledge sector. Speaking after inaugurating ‘Salute Kerala 2024’ organised by Indo Gulf and Middle East Chamber of Commerce here, Industries Minister P Rajeeve said 1,000 industries with Rs 100 crore turnover will bring …

Kerala minister P Rajeev's roadshow in Bengaluru to attract investors
6 months ago

Kerala minister P Rajeev's roadshow in Bengaluru to attract investors

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: After acquiring 1,710 acres of land for the Kochi-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, an extension of the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, the Kerala government is now working to invite companies to start businesses in Karnataka. While interacting with top investors at a roadshow organised by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry in Bengaluru, Kerala’s …

How Kerala is improving its investment ecosystem
6 months, 1 week ago

How Kerala is improving its investment ecosystem

India Today  

For long, Left-ruled Kerala fought the perception of being not so investor-friendly. Union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal presented the Business Reforms Action Plan ’22 award of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade to P. Rajeev, Kerala’s minister for industries. Of the 30 sectors reviewed, Kerala was ranked the highest in the online single window …

Kerala startup ecosystem registers 254 per cent growth: Study
9 months, 1 week ago

Kerala startup ecosystem registers 254 per cent growth: Study

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: According to The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2024 released by a leading development organisation, the value of Kerala’s startup ecosystem has shown a compound growth of 254% between July 1, 2021, to December 31, 2023, compared to the July 1, 2019, -December 31, 2021, period. The extensive analysis is done with data from 4.5 million startups across 300 global …

Focus is on jobs while attracting investments: TN industry minister
1 year ago

Focus is on jobs while attracting investments: TN industry minister

Live Mint  

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has had a good deal of success when it comes to attracting investments, says state’s minister for industries, investment promotion and commerce T.R.B. The state prefers companies that can create jobs quickly and Rajaa believes that due to its infrastructure, talented workforce, and facilities, Tamil Nadu faces little competition from other states. Edited excerpts: The recently concluded …

How startups changed Thiruvananthapuram
1 year, 9 months ago

How startups changed Thiruvananthapuram

Live Mint  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : More than 30 years ago, Martijn Van Der Spek arrived in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala’s capital city, for a short stint as a student from The Netherlands. The company reportedly raised more than $50 million last year, opened a second office in the US, and announced a strategic tie-up with the Straumann Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of dental implants …

Industrial investments: The Kerala story
1 year, 10 months ago

Industrial investments: The Kerala story

The Hindu  

The incongruence between Kerala’s social and economic development has been a part of discourses on development trajectories. A combination of right policies, institutional support and the ramping up of necessary infrastructure could mark the beginning of a new Kerala story — that of a State pursuing late industrialisation. Analysis of data published by the Annual Survey of Industries for the …

Kerala to create over 15,000 startups, 2,00,000 jobs in five year: CM Vijayan
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala to create over 15,000 startups, 2,00,000 jobs in five year: CM Vijayan

Live Mint  

Vijayan said various government initiatives such as IEDC, YIP, programmes for incubation and acceleration, corporate innovation and so on have made Kerala the best place to start and grow enterprises The Kerala government has aimed to create over 15,000 startups and 2,00,000 jobs in emerging technologies in the next five years, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} …

Kerala to provide investors with best facilities available in country: CM Vijayan
3 years, 2 months ago

Kerala to provide investors with best facilities available in country: CM Vijayan

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said the state will provide investors with facilities that are comparable to the best available in the country. While addressing the business leaders from Telangana at an Investment Road Show, the Chief Minister said, "The state is looking for strategic partnerships and we can assure that the state's facilities are comparable to …

An industrial image makeover
3 years, 2 months ago

An industrial image makeover

The Hindu  

Kerala, where the Left parties have a big say in the way the State is run even when they are out of power, used to be widely perceived as a hotbed of industrial militancy, which scared away investors. Industries Minister P. Rajeeve, who is leading the charge to attract fresh investments and change the industrial culture, declared 2022 as the …

Kerala and Kitex Conundrum: Why the State Lost Rs 3500-crore Project, 35000 Jobs
3 years, 8 months ago

Kerala and Kitex Conundrum: Why the State Lost Rs 3500-crore Project, 35000 Jobs

News 18  

A long coastline, a picturesque landscape, pristine backwaters, high life expectancy and literacy, low rates of poverty, world-class healthcare, massive foreign remittances and a superior standard of living—there’s a reason they call Kerala ‘God’s Own Country’. The fact that only two of the 10 richest Malayali entrepreneurs have set up their headquarters in Kerala tells you a lot about the …

Staying home: Kerala keeping talent local to grow its economy
5 years, 9 months ago

Staying home: Kerala keeping talent local to grow its economy

Al Jazeera  

The Indian state has long depended on remittances from abroad, but now homegrown tech firms are creating new jobs. In his sparse, and as yet incomplete, office in the southern Indian state of Kerala, he says he’s grateful for the local government’s initiative to help startups like his. “Kerala’s startup ecosystem is promising,” he told Al Jazeera from his company’s …

Emerging Kerala sets new goals for State
12 years, 6 months ago

Emerging Kerala sets new goals for State

The Hindu  

The Emerging Kerala 2012 meet ended on a high note with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy indicating in clear terms the goals set for the State in years to come. The meet could bring in 45 specific project proposals with an investment of over Rs.40,000 crore, including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s Kochi Refinery expansion and another joint venture project of Rs.18,000 …

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