The Kerala Model at the crossroads (GS-2 social Justice, The HINDU)

05 Apr The Kerala Model at the crossroads (GS-2 social Justice, The HINDU)

Posted at 05 Apr 2021 in GS Paper II, GS Paper III, Social Issues, Social Justice by Swarn Singh 0 Comments

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What is Kerala Model:- Based on Human development model and social justice where main focus on quality of human capital rather than infrastructure, mode FDI and production based which is Gujrat Model.

Kerala Model’ showed that a country
- not wait till it becomes rich to bring about improvements in people’s material conditions of living
- people’s movements can be the driving force of changes.
- late 1980s: Kerala’s economic growth picked up.
- in 1989-90-> Kerala’s per capita income was close to 10% lower than the all-India.
  - Kerala’s education and health indicators continued to improve during this time
  - number of students in public schools began to increase from 2018-19 onwards and we have seen the increased trajectory
- Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) for capital funds.
  - funding is being used
    - to build economic infrastructure
    - roads, bridges
    - industrial parks
    - the massive public sector Internet project K-FON.
- What other states must learn from Kerala.
  - Human development is more important than infrastructure development.
  - find-out the other ways around to fund the infrastructure.