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Kerala has consistently topped social indicators, but business sector reforms were hitherto considered beyond it. The BRAP 2024 rankings are expected to change this perception.
The deal follows trade pacts over the last two years with Australia and the UAE, while officials say another, with Britain, is in its final stages, as PM Modi aims for annual exports of $1 trillion by 2030.
Interactive classes, lab training and industry visits are part of the programme.
Kerala was ranked 28th in the central government's ease-of-doing-business ranking that came out last year. The state government had raised its apprehensions straight away, but the Centre is yet to respond
The prime objective of the scheme is to make manufacturing in India globally competitive by removing sectoral disabilities.
Kerala was ranked 28th out of 36 in the Ease of Doing Business rankings 2019 published by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade despite having achieved 85 per cent of its mandated missions.
The committee, which also includes representatives from pharmaceutical companies besides officials from the drugs control department, will consider various possibilities, including QR code and barcode, to come up with the system.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 95th annual plenary session of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) via video conferencing on Thursday.
The cluster in Kerala will come up on either side of the Kochi-Salem national highway and is expected to provide 10,000 jobs.
The IMC will be spread on both sides of the national highway over a 100km stretch. Envisioned on the lines of special economic zones, the project will offer more benefits to entrepreneurs.