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{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name = Department of Industries and Commerce
|native_name = '''വ്യവസായ വാണിജ്യ വകുപ്പ്'''
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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
|chief1_name = Mr. Suman Billa IAS
|chief1_position = Principal Industry (Industries and NORKA)
|chief2_name = Mr. A P M Mohammed Hanish IAS
|chief2_position = Principal Secretary (Industries)
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|child1_agency = Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Limited
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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.
{{Further|List of Central government establishments in Kerala}}

==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, Law & Coir). The administrative headed of the Industries & Commerce Department is the [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] (Industries & [[Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs|NORKA]]).

The incumbent Minister for Industries and Commerce is [[P. Rajeeve|P. Rajeev]] and Principal Secretary (Industries) to Government is APM Mohammed Hanish IAS.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2025-07-29 |title=State will have 50 private industrial parks: Rajeev |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/state-will-have-50-private-industrial-parks-rajeev/article69870614.ece |access-date=2025-11-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2023-05-21 |title=Weeks after he was moved out, Mohammed Hanish back in industries department |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/May/21/weeks-after-he-was-moved-out-mohammed-haneesh-back-in-industries-department-2577121.html |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Nidhi |date=2025-08-05 |title=Centre punishing Kerala for population control success: Minister P Rajeev |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/centre-punishing-kerala-for-population-control-success-minister-p-rajeev/articleshow/123103484.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-11-09 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

The Principal Secretary (Industries) is the administrative head of the department, and assisted by additional secretaries, joint secretaries, deputy secretaries, under secretaries and other secretariat staffs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Principal Secretaries |url=https://keralaindustry.org/index.php/principal-secretaries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520012610/https://keralaindustry.org/index.php/principal-secretaries |archive-date=2022-05-20 |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion |language=en-gb}}</ref>

== Line departments ==
* [[Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation]] (KSIDC)
* [[Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation]] (KINFRA)
* Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion (K-BIP)
* Directorate of Industries and Commerce (DI&C)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Line departments under Industries & Commerce Department, Government of Kerala |url=https://keralaindustry.org/index.php/hods}}</ref>
* Directorate of Handloom and Textiles
* Public Sector Restructuring and Internal Audit Board (RIAB)
* Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB)
* Directorate of Public Sector Undertakings
* Directorate of Coir Development Department
* Department of Mining and Geology

==See also==
*[[Invest Kerala Global Summit]]

==References==
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==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|Kerala]]

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