Development Paradox in Kerala-Analysis of Industrial Stagnation

Development Paradox in Kerala Analysis of Industrial Stagnation K K Subrahmanian The contradictions that have begun to emerge in the development process in Kerala are connected with the stagnancy in the growth of the productive sectors of the state's economy and, in particular, the output of manufactured goods. Identification of the critical constraints on the expansion of the material commodity producing sectors is thus not only of relevance for policy-making but may even point to alternative development paradigms. Keeping this in view, the growth experience of manufacture in the factory sector in Kerala is attempted in this paper.