EDP Notes

The following measures are to be adopted to speed up industrial growth in the state.
TRADITIONAL SECTOR INDUSTRIES
Modernization of traditional sector will be ensured to tap National/ International
market and to create more employment to local people, especially women. The following
are the important traditional industries together with measures taken by the government in
the policy to promote them.
HANDLOOMS
 Strengthening existing Handloom clusters with financial, technical and managerial
assistance to sustain the cluster base.
 Developing of regional brands and location specific brands for high quality
Handloom products to meet domestic and international needs.
 Encouraging domestic usage of Handloom/ Khadi products through Mass
Campaigns and to bring back to focus the cultural aspects of traditional dressing.
 Development of high quality infrastructure facility for Handlooms for pre-loom
processing, loom processing and post-loom processing.
 Strengthening quality raw material distribution system
 Ensuring smooth credit-flow to the sector through cooperatives and other
Institutions.
 Revitalizing of Handloom co-operatives, Hantex and Hanveev and approved cluster/
consortium by special economic, technical and managerial support projects for a
result based production and marketing and to convert them into agencies of change
and growth instead of becoming a drain on resources and a favourite on weavers.
TEXTILE SECTOR
 The Textile Mills in the public Sector and co-operative sector will be re-engineered
to make them self-sustainable. Private Sector Mills will be encouraged to expand.
 TECHNICAL TEXTILES- To capture a reasonable share in the growing prospects
for technical textiles worldwide, special efforts will be made.
 MADE-UPS-The made-up sector, which has got immense growth, will be
encouraged.
POWER LOOMS
 Special projects will be launched for technology up gradation of power loom

 Clustering of facilities will be extended to achieve highest level of production.
 The demonstration cum training centre of Directorate of Handlooms & Textiles will
be upgraded to Kerala Institute of Power loom Technology with Budgetary support.
HANDICRAFTS, HERITAGE PRODUCTS & SOUVENIR INDUSTRY
 Project based support will be rendered to Apex organizations in Handicraft sector.
 Cluster based Development, modern production tools to reduce costs, targeting the
global market and promotion of entrepreneurs in the business of production and
marketing of handicrafts will be encouraged.
 Skill Development Training and common Facility Centers for the provision of
commonly needed but expensive equipments and professionalism in marketing.
 Heritage homes and souvenir industry for our state will be developed.
 Resource and market focus design for handicrafts products.
COIR
 To ensure conversion of minimum 50% husk produced in the state into fiber and to
promote raw husk defibering mills in hinterlands in private sector and co-operative
sector. Defibering Mills set up under ICDP will be revived.
 Raw material and marketing Consortiums of small scale producers, Co-operative
Societies under Cluster Development Programme.
 A brand image for Kerala Coir will be created to tap the internal and export market
of Coir Products.
 Modern coir factories will be set up in co-operative sector.
 Kerala State Coir Marketing Federation Ltd. (Coirfed), Kerala State Coir
Corporation and Foam Matting (India) Limited will be restructured to make it selfsustainable.
 Special thrust for Geo-textiles Development Programme.
KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES
 Usage of Khadi / Handloom products will be encouraged by all sections in our
states.
 It mainly sells the product of the Village Industries through its outlets in different
part of the state. Special assistance will be provided to the sector to help the rural
communities set up industrial units with minimal investment and yielding good
returns through Khadi % Village Industries Board. (KVIB).
SERICULTURE
Effective steps will be taken for providing adequate forward and backward linkages
by establishing cocoon marketing arrangements in all districts, quality linked cocoon
purchased system, arrangements for timely reeling of cocoons, production and sale of silk
yarn, fabric and garments.

BAMBOO
The Government shall continue to support these programmes through the state
Bamboo Mission. Also the activities of Kerala State Bamboo Corporation will be
strengthened with the support of technology adaptation and development.