Kerala

Kerala is proud of its reputation as one of India’s most independent states, pursuing a course quite different from that laid out by the central government. It has nurtured a leftist economic model that has brought stellar human development indicators but has failed to provide enough jobs, leading millions of residents to seek work in the Gulf over the past generation. Kerala is now seeking to create jobs at home, with a strong emphasis on making itself an IT and start-up hub.

State Summary

  • Size
    15,005 sq. miles
  • Population
    33.4 million
  • State GDP
    $61.25 billion (USD)
  • Legislative Assembly Seats
    140
  • Rajya Sabha Seats
    9
  • Lok Sabha Seats
    20
  • Party Affiliation
    Left Democratic Front (LDF)
Houseboats in Alleppey, Kerala. (Saad Faruque, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0)
Fertilizing a rice paddy in Kerala.
Left: Houseboats in Alleppey, Kerala. (Saad Faruque, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0)
Right: Fertilizing a rice paddy in Kerala.
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India faces a complex energy challenge: it needs cheap and abundant energy to power high economic growth and lift its citizens into the middle class. But it also hopes to keep its commitments to the U.N. Climate Change Convention and achieve energy independence. India’s states have the resources to generate the energy India needs, but they take different approaches to fostering the growth of the industry. This section allows you to explore energy news from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s energy sector.

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While India’s healthcare system is expansive in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered, inequalities in access to high-quality yet affordable care continue to plague delivery systems and push citizens towards the more unregulated private sector. Similarly, while India’s National Health Policy of 2017 promises to reform this system, the responsibility to institute those reforms falls to the states who each have their own unique challenges and opportunities to meet the healthcare needs of their people. This section allows you to explore emerging healthcare policies and news covering new initiatives from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s healthcare sector.

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Jammu and Kashmir tops the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) – 2021 among Union Territories. Nagaland, Kerala and Odisha were the other states taking the top spot under other three categories.


Source: Economic Times Go to
In Detail: NeSDA 2021 Go to, Press Release Go to
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