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KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS

KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS
diabetes prevalence and control rates; Aardram
mission context.
30. World Bank, Kerala Solid Waste Management
Project (KSWMP) appraisal and programme
documents, and World Bank road-safety analyses
estimating road crashes cost India ~3–5% of
GDP a year, with ~84% of fatalities among
working-age people.
31. Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology, Government of India, Digital
Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (assent 11
August 2023).
32. Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology; Digital Personal Data Protection
Rules, 2025 (notified 13 November 2025); seven
data-protection principles; consent-manager
regime; phased eighteen-month compliance
timeline.
33. Kerala Migration Survey 2023 (Centre for
Development Studies / International Institute of
Migration and Development), total remittances
~₹2,16,893 cr (2023); ~20% of India’s inward
remittances; ~23% of state NSDP; ~89% Gulforigin; NRI deposits approaching ₹3 trillion.
34. Government of Kerala, Kerala State Literacy
Mission Authority; UNESCO/UNICEF case
studies; Ernakulam District Total Literacy
Programme (1990) and Kerala’s declaration as
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