Department of Industries and Commerce (Kerala)

Department of Industries and Commerce
വ്യവസായ വാണിജ്യ വകുപ്പ്
Agency overview
Formed	1960
Jurisdiction	Kerala
Headquarters	Thiruvananthapuram
Minister responsible	P. Rajeev, Minister for Industries, Commerce, Mining and Geology, Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and Village Industries, Coir, Cashew Industry, Plantation Directorate;
Agency executives	Mr. Suman Billa IAS, Principal Industry (Industries and NORKA); Mr. A P M Mohammed Hanish IAS, Principal Secretary (Industries);
Parent agency	Department of Industries and Commerce
Child agencies	Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Limited; Directorate of Industries and Commerce; Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation; Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion;
Website	http://www.keralaindustry.org/

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The Department of Industries is a key government department that oversees industrial activity in the 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 (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, 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]}

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 (Industries & NORKA).

The incumbent Minister for Industries and Commerce is P. Rajeev and Principal Secretary (Industries) to Government is APM Mohammed Hanish IAS.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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)^[5]
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

References

↑ Bureau, The Hindu (29 July 2025). "State will have 50 private industrial parks: Rajeev". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 November 2025. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
↑ Service, Express News (21 May 2023). "Weeks after he was moved out, Mohammed Hanish back in industries department". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
↑ Sharma, Nidhi (5 August 2025). "Centre punishing Kerala for population control success: Minister P Rajeev". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
↑ "Principal Secretaries". Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
↑ "Line departments under Industries & Commerce Department, Government of Kerala".

External links

[1] Bureau, The Hindu (29 July 2025). "State will have 50 private industrial parks: Rajeev". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 November 2025. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[2] Service, Express News (21 May 2023). "Weeks after he was moved out, Mohammed Hanish back in industries department". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2025.

[3] Sharma, Nidhi (5 August 2025). "Centre punishing Kerala for population control success: Minister P Rajeev". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 9 November 2025.

[4] "Principal Secretaries". Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2025.

[5] "Line departments under Industries & Commerce Department, Government of Kerala".

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