All services of local body governments in Kerala will be available on mobile screen from January 1, 2024, as the state launches its ambitious digitisation initiative, K-Smart.The e-governance project, the Kerala Solutions for Managing Administrative Reformation and Transformation (K-Smart), will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on January 1, making Kerala the first state to launch such a service.The K-Smart platform, developed by the Information Kerala Mission for the Local Self-Government Department, will facilitate numerous services, including applications for various cer

The Kerala Government launched K-SMART (Kerala Solutions for Managing Administrative Reformation and Transformation), which will bring all services of the three-tier local self-government institutions on a unified digital platform.

In Kerala, the agriculture sector continues to be the primary source of livelihood for a majority of the population. Agriculture and allied sector in the State contributed about 11.28 per cent to total Gross State Value Added (GSVA) in 2021-22(Q) at current prices. In the 13th Five-Year Plan period, agriculture sector in the State was severely impacted due to the unforeseen adversities of cyclone Ockhi (2017), major flood in 2018, and the COVID-19 pandemic. After attaining annual growth rate of 2.11 per cent in 2017-18, it declined to negative growth rates in two succeeding years.