Abstract:

Kerala's consumer economy has expanded to include development in the tertiary sector. Even after twenty-five years of decentralised planning in Kerala, the same holds. Against the above background, the present study attempts to analyse the growth of the productive sector under decentralised planning in Kerala. Performance analysis using completion ratio, spill over ratio, and dropout ratio was employed. It was seen that under decentralised planning, the declining trend of completed projects is a serious concern in the planning process. The spill over ratio has been very high over the years, and the dropout ratio has generally been increasing. Among all three sectors, the productive sector's performance in terms of these ratios shows dismal performance. Even in absolute terms, the number of projects in the productive sector is far lower than in other sectors. The absolute number of projects in the productive sector decided to be implemented under decentralised planning is less compared to the other two sectors. While undertaking productive sector projects, it is beyond doubt that a major share of these projects was either abandoned or carried over to the subsequent years of planning. The industrial sector projects in the productive sector also have high spill over and dropout `ratios. This analysis identified that the production sector is neglected under the decentralised planning system in Kerala. One may argue that there can be many problems associated with the implementation of these projects, as is evident from the fact that spill over and dropout ratios are increasing in the case of projects in the productive sector

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