: Kerala has emerged an achiever in the State Investment Potential Index 2018, based on the six pillars of land, labour, infrastructure, economic climate, political stability and governance and business perception, a top investment meet here was told Monday.
The Kerala-specific findings of the survey, conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research, titled 'NCAER-State Investment Potential Index 2018' (N-SIPI) were released at ASCEND KERALA 2019 here.
NCAER Director-General Dr Shekhar Shah, speaking at the first plenary of ASCEND KERALA 2019, aimed at empowering enterprises, said Kerala ranks fourth on how it is perceived as an investment destination, after Gujarat, Haryana and West Bengal.
"The perception driven pillar is a unique component of the N-SIPI,which focuses on the policy and structural backdrop that determines the business environment in a state," he said.
Earlier opening the discussions, Vice Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board V K Ramachandran noted that when one mentions Kerala, the things that come to the mind are
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