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{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name = Department of Industries and Commerce
|native_name = '''വ്യവസായ വാണിജ്യ വകുപ്പ്'''
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|jurisdiction = [[Kerala]]
|headquarters = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
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|minister1_name = [[P. Rajeev (Kerala)|P. Rajeev]]
|minister1_pfo = Minister for Industries, Commerce, Mining and Geology, Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and Village Industries, Coir, Cashew Industry, Plantation Directorate
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The '''Department of Industries''' is a key [[government department]] that oversees industrial activity in the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Kerala]]. The DOI is a senior [[cabinet department]] led by a senior minister and team of 15 secretaries. The administrative head of the Industries & Commerce Department is the Principal Secretary (Industries & Commerce). The Directorate of Industries & Commerce Department is located at Vikas Bhavan, [[Thiruvananthapuram]], is headed by the [[Director (business)|Director]] (Industries & Commerce). This is the functional arm of the department implementing various industrial activities of the departments. District Industries Centers are located in all district headquarters.

==Objectives==

* Convert Kerala into a favoured destination for Manufacturing, Agro Processing, Health Services, and Knowledge based Industries and Services
* Strengthen the State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs) by technological upgradation, [[Diversification (marketing strategy)|diversification]], efficient management system and synergizing with Central Public Sector Undertakings
* Make Traditional Industries competitive by modernization, value addition and skill development
* Promote and support SMSEs as an ancillary to large scale industries as well as a self-sustaining entity considering its role as a largest employment provider in the State
* Make use of the abundant and highly rich mineral resources of the State to the fullest extent protecting environment and ecology and restricting the mining activity in the Public Sector
* Generate massive employment in industrial, commercial and service sectors
* Attract huge capital investment on mutually beneficial terms
* Tap the rich industrial potential of biotechnology
* Accelerate growth in Service Sector and to make Kerala a major Commercial Hub
* Develop Kerala as a global centre of excellence with state-of-the-art education and skill sets and prepare a pool of multi skilled, technically competent individuals and organizations{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

==Organization structure==

The Industries & Commerce Department is headed by the Hon'ble Minister (Industries & Commerce). The administrative headed of the Industries & Commerce Department is the [[Additional Chief Secretary (India)|Additional Chief Secretary]] (Industries & Commerce). The Directorate of Industries & Commerce is located at Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, headed by the Director (Industries & Commerce). This is the functional arm of the Department implementing various industrial activities of the Department. District Industries Centers are located in all district headquarters.

=== Line departments ===
* Directorate of Industries and Commerce (DI&C)
* Directorate of Handloom and Textiles
* Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC)
* Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA)
* Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion (K-BIP)
* Public Sector Restructuring and Internal Audit Board (RIAB)
* Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB)
* Directorate of Public Sector Undertakings
* Directorate of Coir Development Department

==External links==
* [http://www.keralaindustry.org/ Official Website of the Industries Department, Kerala]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060118031516/http://www.kerala.gov.in/ Official website of Govt. of Kerala]

[[Category:Government departments of Kerala]]
[[Category:Economy of Kerala]]
[[Category:State industries departments of India]]

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