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KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / INDUSTRY IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

·      Cashew industry is the major traditional industry in Kerala

·      Large number of industrial units are located in Ernakulam district. Wayanad has the least number of industrial units

·      Cashew and coir are two Traditional Industries of Kerala

·      The manufacture of mats and mattings was first introduced in 1859 by Mr. James Durragh, an American who founded the firm M/S Durragh Smail Ltd, at Alappuzha with offices in London and New York

·      Coir Board was formed in 1954

·      The Coir Board was established by the central Government under the provisions of the Coir Industry Act 1955. There is a Coir Research Institute functioning at Kalavoor.

·      Coirfed was formed in 1979 at Alappuzha

·      The National Coir Training and Designing Centre was also established at Alappuzha in 1965

·      Kollam district has the largest number of Cashew Industry units

·      Largest producer of cashew in Kerala is Kannur

·      Capex – Kerala Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society. Headquarters : Kollam

·      First Textile Industry was started in 1881 at Kollam

·      KSIDC is Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation. It was set up in 1961

·      KINFRA is Kerala Infrastructure Development Corporation. It was set up in 1993 with Thiruvananthapuram as its headquarters

·      SISI is Small Industries Service Institute. It is located at Trichur

·      KITCO is Kerala Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organization. It is situated at Ernakulam

·      RIDF is Rural Infrastructural Development Fund. It was formed by NABARD in 1995-96

·      SIDCO is small Industries Development Corporation

·      Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board was set up in 1957. All India Khadi and Rural Development Board was formed in 1953

·      Aluva in Ernakulam district is the most important Industrial centre in Kerala. FACT is located there. Making of Amonium Sulphate for the first time in India was done by the FACT

·      Hindustan Machine Tools is located at Kalamassery

·      Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals is at Kalavur, Allepey

·      Cochin Export Processing Zone is a Central Government owned institution

·      Cochin  Stock Exchange was established in 1978

·      The purpose of the Industrial Single Window Boards is to streamline the process for obtaining clearances for setting up industries, reduce delays and cut red tapism.

·      Lack of infrastructure facility is the major cause behind Kerala’s industrial backwardness

·      The first ship built in Cochin Shipyard, Rani Padmini was launched on January 27, 1980

·      Travancore Rayons is at Perumbavoor

·      Travancore Plywood Industries is at Punalur

·      Trivandrum Spinning Mills is at Balaramapuram

·      Mavoor Rayons was at Kozhikode. It was closed down recently

·      Kerala Automobiles is at Neyyatinkara

·      Newsprint factory is at Velloor in Kottayam

·      The important radio active substance found in the coastal plains of Kerala are Ilmenite and Monozite

·      K.P Gopalan was the first Industries Minister of Kerala

·      Kerala State Handloom Weavers Development Corporation was found in 1968

·      Keltron Electro Ceramics Limited started in 1974, is located Kuttipuram

·      Kallayi near Kozhikode is one of the most important centers of world wood industry

·      Greater Cochin Development Authority came into existence in 1976

·      Kerala ceramics in Kundara was founded in 1940

·      Travancore Rubber Factory founded in 1935 at Thiruvananthapuram was the first Rubber Factory in India

·      Keltron Equipments complex is situated at Karakulam in Thiruvananthapuram

·      Travancore Cement Factory was founded at Nattakam

·      Kerala Fisheries Corporation was founded in 1966

·      First Malayali to become director of Travancore Industries Department was I.C Chacko (1921)

·      Malabar cements Limited was started in 1978

·      Forest Industries Travancore is located in Taikkattukara near Aluva

·      FACT was started by Sheshasai brothers

·      FACT became a public sector institution in 1960

·      FACT is the first fertilizer, plant n Kerala

·      Mannam Sugar Mill is situated in Pandalam (Pathanamthitta)

·      Cochin Refinery began to purify oil from Bombay High from November 1977

·      Cochin Refinery is situated at Ambalamukal in Cochin

·      Earlier the crude oil refined in cochin Refinery was from Iran

·      Cochin Refinery was the fourth oil Refinery in India

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