Kerala Economic Review 1985

Abstract

The National Economic scene of 1985-86 presents an optimistic picture viewed especially in the light of trends in production in the crucial sectors of the economy as as prices. With an estimated 4.5 to 5 per cent growth rate of the national economy as measured by the rise in the real gross national product, reasonably good performance of the infrastructure sectors in terms of coal despatches, electricity generation, revenue earning goods traffic, cargo handling at major ports and a particularly low rate of inflation due to proper supply management and a restricted money supply the performance in the very first year has been a successful start to the Seventh Plan.