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Kerala model of growth and its Irrational discontents April 1, 2021, 3:44 PM IST
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India. Author of `Choosing Hammurabi: Debates on Judicial Appointments’ (LexisNexis), `Appointing our Judges: Forging Independence and Accountability’ (LexisNexis) and `The Maoist Movement in India: Perspectives and Counter Perspectives’ (Routledge). LESS. MORE
It was the mid 1970s. The wage rate for labour in Coimbatore Tamil Nadu was Rs. 2 per day. Across the border, in Kerala it was five times at Rs. 10 per day. As industries migrated to Tamil Nadu, doomsday was declared for Kerala’s industry and its population. That was not to be.
There was something remarkable which was happening in the state of Kerala which was defying conventional economics. The all India average for life expectancy in 1976 – 1980 was just 52 years. Kerala during this period had leapfrogged to 66 years. This phenomenon of high life expectancy at birth, low deat