2. KERALA STANDS FORMOST IN EDUCATION AMONG THE INDIAN
STATES. A CENTRAL FEATURE OF KERALA’S DEVELOPMENTAL
EXPERIENCE IS THE ROLE OF EDUCATION. EDUCATION HAS PLAYED AN
IMPORTANT ROLE TO EVOLVE FROM LITERACY TO SCHOOL EDUCATION
AND ADULT EDUCATION, EQUALISING TO ALL WITHOUT ANY DISPARITIES
BASED ON CASTE, RELIGION AND GENDER. ACHIEVEMENTS SUCH AS LOW
INFANT MORTALITY, AND POPULATION GROWTH AND HIGH LEVEL OF
LITERACY AND LIFE EXPECTANCY ARE THE INDICATORS OF DEVELOPMENT
OF KERALA. EVEN THOUGH KERALA SOCIETY EXPERIENCING SOME
SERIOUS PROBLEMS WHICH ACT AS BARRIER FOR FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT. FOLLOWING ARE THE ISSUES THAT KERALA STATE FACING
IN THE PATH OF DEVELOPMENT.
3.
4. SHORTAGE OF PRODUCING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IS AN
IMPORTANT BARRIER IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF KERALA.KERALA HAD THE LOWEST
AHRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE AMONG THE
INDIAN STATES. FALL IN THE VALUE OF
COMMERCIAL CROPS AND FAILURE OF THE
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS THE
REASONS FOR DECREASING AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY.
5. REDUCTION IN THE BUDGETARY ALLOCATION FOR EDUCATION
AND HEALTH, ACCELERATED COMMERCIALISATION OF THESE TWO
SECTORS PAVED FOR UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN KERALA STATE.
DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS THE SELF FINANCING COLLEGES AND
SCHOOLS MUSHROOMED IN KERALA . THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
GROWTH IN THE AVAILABILITY OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS, NURSING
HOMES, SCANNING CENTRES, DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES, ETC.
6. KERALA IS A HIGHLY CONSUMERIST
STATE THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN INDIA.
THE GROWING VEHICLE POPULATION ,
MOUNTING OF MEDICAL WASTE AND E-
WASTE, INCREASE IN LIQUOR CONSUMPTION ,
ETC. ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR
CONSEQUENCES OF THE HIGH CONSUMERISM.
7. THE INCREASING URBANISATION,
INDUSTRIALISATION AND CHANGING LIFE STYLES LEADS
TO THE ISSUE OF POLLUTION AND LACK OF WASTE
MANAGEMENT. THE INABILITY TO CONTROL THE
POLLUTION AND MOUNTING OF WASTES LEADS TO
SERIOUS DISEASES AMONG PUBLIC.
8. THE GROWING ATROCITIES AGAINST
WOMEN SUCH AS RAPE, CRUELTY BY HUSBANDS,
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOWRY DEATHS , ETC. ARE
THE STRONG REASONS FOR THE DECLINING OF
PROGRESS OF KERALA STATE. THE CONDITION OF
CHILDRENS, AND PEOPLES IN BACKWARD
COMMUNITIES AND IN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
ARE NOT SO GOOD IN KERALA .
