Auto phase sees drop in gross sales

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Though the nation reported a rise in passenger automobile gross sales within the first six months (April-September) of the present fiscal, Kerala, surprisingly, witnessed a fall in gross sales in the identical interval.

As per the Economic Review, a complete of 1,95,665 passenger autos have been registered throughout the nation throughout April-September 2020, a rise of 9.81 per cent from 1,78,189 autos in the identical interval earlier 12 months.

In Kerala, the passenger automobile gross sales dropped by 2.38 per cent to 17,934 from 18,372 within the first six months of the present monetary 12 months, in line with the assessment. In reality, all the auto segments noticed decline in gross sales within the state within the April-September interval.

Fewer circumstances of man-animal conflictT’Puram: There have been fewer incidents of human-animal battle in 2019-20 owing to the proactive steps taken by Forest Dept. KIFFB additionally took measures to convey down the circumstances.

Tourism misplaced almost G25k cr in 2020T’Puram: Tourism was among the many sectors hit hardest by the pandemic, with the Economic Review pegging its losses between J20,000 crore and J25,000 crore in 9 months of 2020. The sector had bounced again in 2019 after the 2018 flood and witnessed an 8.52% development in international vacationer arrivals and 17.81% development in home vacationer arrivals than 2018.

Incidents of human-animal battle

2019-20    6,6622018-19    7,8902017-18    7,2292,895  elephant assaults reported in 2019-20

-6.62% Agri Annual development rateT’Puram: The annual development fee of agriculture dropped by 6.62 per cent in 2019-20 in comparison with -2.38 per cent in 2018-19. Area beneath paddy cultivation dipped from 2.03 lakh hectares in 2018-19 to 1.98 lakh hectares in 2019-20.  Area beneath pulses shrank by 229.54 hectares, whereas manufacturing declined by 197 tonnes to the touch 2,260.46 hectares and a pair of,103 tonnes, respectively, in 2019-20. Banana recorded the very best enhance in space (14.7 per cent). Ginger, turmeric, tea and coconut recorded a decline in space.