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ELAMARAM KAREEM
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  Budget Details   Budget Highlights: Rs.246 crores set apart for small scale and traditional industries   Budget Highlights: Rs. 2.3 crore for the Handicrafts sector, Rs. 8.8 crore for Khadi industry & Rs. 50 lakh for KELPAM   Budget Highlights: Rs. 40 crore for Small industries   Budget Highlights: Eight new PSUs with an investment of Rs.125 crore   Budget Highlights: Kerala Trade Mission & Kerala Institute for Retail Management to be set up   Budget Highlights: KINFRA to start 50 new Industrial centres   Kerala Soaps and Supplyco sign marketing MoU   DFRL to set up a Technology Demonstration Centre in KINFRA Food Park   State Level Conference on ‘Resurgence of State Owned Enterprises'   Tex Fair Kerala 2010   Kerala Soaps back in market   Kerala Bamboo Fest 2009   CII opens Zonal Office in Tiruvananthapuram   Government takes over Kerala Spinners   PSUs hand over dividend to Government   State showcases ‘Resurgence of State Owned Enterprises' at New Delhi   Malabar Spinning Mills expansion inaugurated   Allotment begins at Kinfra Textile Centre, Kannur   Kinfra to set up footwear park in Malappuram District   Kerala Agri Food Technology Meet 2009 concludes   Inkel to launch five major projects worth Rs.10,000 crores   KSIDC & GAIL sign MoU for gas-based infrastructure   Trivandrum Spinning Mills reopens   Design Coconut Plucking Machine and Win Rs. 10 lakhs   Kottayam Port and ICD inaugurated   House passes Rs. 324.11 crores grants for Industries Department   TELK NTPC Joint Venture begin operations   Kerala Clays & Ceramic Products Ltd. celebrates its Silver Jubilee   Annual Review Meet 2009   Ministry Celebrates Three years of Industrial Growth & PSU Revial   Annual PSU Review: 28 Companies show profit   JV Agreement signed for Kerala Rail Component Limited   Foundation laid for Container Freight Station at Kannur   Best PSU & Best CEO Awards Presented   Bamboo Flooring unit foundation Laid   Kinfra Food Processing Park at Adoor Inaugurated   KSIDC to host workshop on Industrial opportunities in Defence Sector   BrahMos Integration Complex Foundation Laid   KEL - BHEL Joint Venture MoU signed   Kinfra Industrial Park Inaugurated at Kunnamthanam   Foundation laid for BEML unit at Kanjikode   Foundation Stone laid for Kerala Soaps Factory at Kozhikode   Food Processing Incubation Centre inaugurated at Kakkanchery Kinfra Park   Industries Minister co-recipient of Indiavision Person of the Year 2008 award   Foundation Stone laid for BEL Centre in Kochi   Kerala Government clears SEZ policy   Keltron gets comprehensive revival package; Commissions new unit   Bonus bonanza for PSU employees   Elamaram Kareem showcases State to high profile investors   Foundation stone laid for HAL’s first unit in Kerala   Govt. reintroduces Price Preference Scheme for SSI   Assembly passes the 232.51 crores demand for grants   Kerala set for spurt in Industrial Investments   Ministry of Industries & Commerce Celebrates Two years of Industrial Growth   State and District level Micro and Small Scale Sector Awards Presented   SAIL SCL MoU signed for JV   State PSUs on comeback trail, 27 earn profit in 2007-08   NIFT - Kannur Centre Opens   RIAB launches newsletter, Resurgence   Keltron Knowledge Centre inaugurated at Trivandrum   Kerala most conducive state for Entrepreneurship, KPMG-TiE Report   Foundation Laid for HDIL Cyber City in Kalamassery   Govt. to revive Balaramapuram Spinning Mills, takes possession   BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum inaugurated by Union Defence Minister and Kerala Chief Minister   SILK Azhikkal unit launches Passenger Boats   UAE to Explore Investment in Kerala   KEL - SEGI MoU Signed; to Explore Global Markets   "Spices Park at Idukki, State Project", clarifies Shri Elamaram Kareem
Profile

Elamaram Kareem

Minister for Industries (including Industrial Co-operatives), Commerce, Mining and Geology, Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and Village Industries.
Initiatives as Minister for Industries

  • Key force behind the formation of Infrastructure Company ‘INKEL’ with Private-Public-Partnership
  • Gave momentum to investment promotion efforts, with special focus of welcoming investments from the private sector
  • Brought in major private investments
  • Initiation of a ‘developmental’ approach to investment rather than the traditional 'licensing' approach
  • Focused studies on the Industrial-Investment scenario of southern states
  • Introduction of professionalism into the private sector in the state
  • Synergised Public Sector Units
  • Brought all PSU heads in one platform
  • Met heads of Banks to re-negotiate loans to PSUs, working on One-time Settlements and further funding
  • Creation of techno-manufacturing links between State and Central PSUs
  • Took measures to improve the quality of the PSU products and to find new and better markets for them
  • Energised the traditional sector by integrating modern methods

Key contributions to developmental activities


  • Calicut City Development
  • Calicut Medical College Development
  • Calicut Bye-pass Road
  • Beypore Port

Political Career Summary


  • Member of the present Kerala Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Beypore Constituency
  • Member, CPI (M) Kerala State Committee
  • Secretary, CITU Kerala State Committee
  • Secretary, All India Road Transport Worker's Federation
  • General Secretary, Kerala State Road Transport Worker's Federation
  • President, Mavoor Grasim Industries Workers' Union
  • Previously elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1996

Political Career Growth


  • Started his career as Mavoor Rayons employee
  • Became a trade union member
  • Took massive efforts to re-open the Mavoor factory for which he was widely appreciated
  • Was instrumental in organizing the Tile industry as well as its revival activities across Kerala
  • Was closely involved in the running of few companies and has been part of the Co-operative Tile Consortium

Personal Details


  • Born on 1st July 1953 at Elamaram
  • Countries visited: USA, UK, Cuba, China, Russia and the Middle East
  • Family: Wife and two daughters
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