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How Kerala got rich

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Re: How Kerala got rich

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Did you mean this temple in Andhrapradesh? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venkateswara_Temple,_Tirumala

Probably referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple_treasur...

Never knew, this temple also has so much gold. Thanks for sharing

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Looks like this is one sided political propaganda article. Googling shows real picture. Unemployment is at 40%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_Kerala Kerala is in the grip of a surging drug crisis https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/kerala-is-in... Kerala rooting on central govt to solve state's Rs 26,000 crore monthly expenditure crisis https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1498119…

yup, a definitive “neoliberal”/“neoclassical” economic theory puff piece.

Crime statistics are because Kerala Police isn’t as corrupt and registers more crimes compared to rest of India. It’s a good thing as most crimes goes unreported in India as police are corrupted in rest of India.

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Looks like this is one sided political propaganda article. Googling shows real picture. Unemployment is at 40%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_Kerala Kerala is in the grip of a surging drug crisis https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/kerala-is-in... Kerala rooting on central govt to solve state's Rs 26,000 crore monthly expenditure crisis https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1498119…

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Re: How Kerala got rich

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Looks like this is one sided political propaganda article. Googling shows real picture. Unemployment is at 40%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_Kerala Kerala is in the grip of a surging drug crisis https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/kerala-is-in... Kerala rooting on central govt to solve state's Rs 26,000 crore monthly expenditure crisis https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1498119…

You’re reading the youth unemployment rate. Overall is only 9% (still not great, but much better).

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Looks like this is one sided political propaganda article. Googling shows real picture. Unemployment is at 40%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_Kerala Kerala is in the grip of a surging drug crisis https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/kerala-is-in... Kerala rooting on central govt to solve state's Rs 26,000 crore monthly expenditure crisis https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1498119…

Yep. I lived there for the first two decades, and outside Kerala for the next two and a bit. The only thing Kerala exports is the workforce, since it's impossible to start anything in Kerala thanks to politics and high costs. I know because I've tried. Kerala had historical ties with the Middle East thanks in part to a substantial Muslim population, and the migrant labour force was able to funnel some of Middle Eastern prosperity during the oil boom years back into the state. That is in a nutshell, Kerala's economic story.

Speaking of the left, I remember being next to a protest circa 1990 against ... computers!

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In the 1980s, many Keralites were courageous enough to leave the land for better prospects abroad, many in the Middle East and the UK. I remember going to my friends place and find their houses were modern and it was the first time I saw a glass door. Not to mention some of my Keralite friends are the most sincere and hard working and they have risen to very high ranks regardless of their grad scores and academics.

There's a lot of brain drain in Kerala with people getting educated and leaving. Those that leave do, however, send money back to their families and I know many who return to live in India after 5-10 years. This was the case a decade or two ago and I'm not sure if it's still the case. I had many aunts or uncles who would leave their family behind in India and work in the middle east for many years before returning to…

Remittanced only contribute to 15% of GDSP. 65% is from tertiary sectors of IT, Healthcare and Tourism. Kerala gets substantial investments from private companies instead as opposed to large corporations in Gujarat for example. Investments in Kerala rarely grab news headlines as it’s mostly private investments.
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