Boatman Collection for Political Research

Documents and links to study/monitor politics in Kerala.

Administration

• GoK Orders and Circulars (Search)
• Work Study Reports (GoK)

Agriculture

• Agricultural Statistics at Dept of Economics and Statistics (GoK)
• An Analytical Study of Agriculture in Kerala (GoK; 2016)
• Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare (GoK)
• Journal of Tropical Agriculture (published by Kerala Agricultural University)

Audit

• State Audit Reports

Castes & Tribes

• List of SCs, STs, and OBCs in Kerala

Census

• All-India Census 2011
  • Primary Census Abstract (Kerala)
  • District Census Handbooks (Kerala) (Concepts & Definitions; Part B; Town Amenities; Village Amenities; Inset Tables)
• Economic Census 2013 (GoK)

Elections

• Local Self-government
  • State Election Commission
•  Manifestos
  • Assembly 2016 – LDF (MY); NDA (MY); UDF (EN, MY)

Environment

• Biodiversity legislation, rules
• Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan (EN, MY); BSAP 2005
• Eco Sensitive Areas in Western Ghats in Kerala (maps)
• Environmental laws, rules
• Environment Policy (2009) (EN, MY)
• Organic Farming Policy, Strategy & Action Plan (2010) (EN, MY)
• Pollution standards (drinking water, ambient noise, general effluent)

Planning

• Economic Review (2015, 2010-2014, Archives 1959-2009)

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Abbreviations

EN             English
LDF           Left Democratic Front
MY            Malayalam
NDA          National Democratic Alliance
OBC          Other Backward Class(es)
UDF          United Democratic Front
SC             Scheduled Caste(s)
ST             Scheduled Tribe(s)