Thread by @Ananth_Krishna_, Re: Kerala Model - there is no 'model'. Our state is propped [...]

Ananth Krishna Subhalakshmy

Ananth_Krishna_

Re: Kerala Model - there is no & #39;model& #39;. Our state is propped up by Remittances, as I wrote in this 2017 piece for @SwarajyaMag: https://swarajyamag.com/politics/the-kerala-model-is-just-a-sham-the-state-survives-only-on-gulf-remittances-sent-by-migrants">https://swarajyamag.com/politics/...

The Kerala Model Is Just A Sham; The State Survives Only On Gulf Remittances Sent By Migrants

Kerala has no real “model” to boast of.

https://swarajyamag.com/politics/the-kerala-model-is-just-a-sham-the-state-survives-only-on-gulf-remittances-sent-by-migrants

Our high HDI and other social indicators is a result of the lifestyle propped up by the successive migration to the Arabian Gulf States by luckless youths.

The Kerala Government& #39;s revenue has depended on Liquor and Lottery sales since the early 2000s - with both of them suspended, the state has little revenue.

The Kerala Model is in no way "self-reliant" or sustainable. A social model in certain indicators, no doubt. But there is no economy to back it up.

Societal & #39;progress& #39; is a result of prosperity - *economic prosperity*- there is no one without the other. Our & #39;progress& #39; is on borrowed time and money.

Course correction will not come any time soon, by the way. Only more screeching about & #39;What Kerala is owed& #39; etc.

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