The policy address by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan in the Kerala Assembly on Thursday proposed a new export policy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy, logistics policy and graphene policy to be announced in the current year, in tune with the objectives of the Kerala industrial policy 2023.
The Industries department is also planning to establish around 25 more private industrial parks, in addition to the 16 parks already sanctioned. Under the ‘Kerala Brand’ initiative, measures are currently being taken to certify the quality of products manufactured in the State and enable them to cater to national and international markets. In the coming year, 10,000 products of MSMEs in the State will be onboarded and marketed through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and other e-commerce platforms.