Department of Industries and Commerce (Kerala)
| വ്യവസായ വാണിജ്യ വകുപ്പ് | |
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| Formed | 1960 |
| Jurisdiction | Kerala |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram |
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| Parent agency | Department of Industries and Commerce |
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| Website | http://www.keralaindustry.org/ |
The Department of Industries is a key government department that oversees industrial activity in the Indian state of Kerala. The DOI is a senior cabinet department led by a senior minister and team of 15 secretaries. The administrative head of the Industries & Commerce Department is the Principal Secretary (Industries & Commerce). The Directorate of Industries & Commerce Department is located at Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, is headed by the Director (Industries & Commerce). This is the functional arm of the department implementing various industrial activities of the departments. District Industries Centers are located in all district headquarters.
Objectives
- Convert Kerala into a favoured destination for Manufacturing, Agro Processing, Health Services, and Knowledge based Industries and Services
- Strengthen the State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs) by technological upgradation, diversification, efficient management system and synergizing with Central Public Sector Undertakings
- Make Traditional Industries competitive by modernization, value addition and skill development
- Promote and support SMSEs as an ancillary to large scale industries as well as a self-sustaining entity considering its role as a largest employment provider in the State
- Make use of the abundant and highly rich mineral resources of the State to the fullest extent protecting environment and ecology and restricting the mining activity in the Public Sector
- Generate massive employment in industrial, commercial and service sectors
- Attract huge capital investment on mutually beneficial terms
- Tap the rich industrial potential of biotechnology
- Accelerate growth in Service Sector and to make Kerala a major Commercial Hub
- Develop Kerala as a global centre of excellence with state-of-the-art education and skill sets and prepare a pool of multi skilled, technically competent individuals and organizations[citation needed]
Organization structure
The Industries & Commerce Department is headed by the Hon'ble Minister (Industries, Commerce, Law & Coir). The administrative headed of the Industries & Commerce Department is the Principal Secretary (Industries & NORKA).
The incumbent Minister for Industries and Commerce is P. Rajeev and Principal Secretary (Industries) to Government is APM Mohammed Hanish IAS.[1][2][3]
The Principal Secretary (Industries) is the administrative head of the department, and assisted by additional secretaries, joint secretaries, deputy secretaries, under secretaries and other secretariat staffs.[4]
Line departments
- Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC)
- Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA)
- Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion (K-BIP)
- Directorate of Industries and Commerce (DI&C)[5]
- Directorate of Handloom and Textiles
- Public Sector Restructuring and Internal Audit Board (RIAB)
- Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB)
- Directorate of Public Sector Undertakings
- Directorate of Coir Development Department
- Department of Mining and Geology
See also
References
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (29 July 2025). "State will have 50 private industrial parks: Rajeev". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Service, Express News (21 May 2023). "Weeks after he was moved out, Mohammed Hanish back in industries department". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ Sharma, Nidhi (5 August 2025). "Centre punishing Kerala for population control success: Minister P Rajeev". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Principal Secretaries". Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Line departments under Industries & Commerce Department, Government of Kerala".