Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister
V S Achuthanandan on Monday said though the state had made good
progress in human resources development, its high rate of
suicide was a major concern.
Suicide rate in Kerala at about 33 per one lakh was two
times more than the national average, he said addressing a
workshop on Human Resources development organised jointly by
UNDP and Planning Commission and State Planning Board.
A comprehensive study on the transformation that takes
place in families and social set up due to changes in
socio-economic front was necessary, Achuthanandan said.
Many more things had to be achieved in Human resources, he
said adding economic progress alone would not lead to human
resource development.
Equal distribution of the resources was very important as
production and the significant achievement of Kerala was that
it was able to reduce the inequality among its population,
Achuthanandan said.
State Planning Board Chairman Prabhat Patnaik presided.
Achuthanandan also released the Human Resources Development
Report of Waynad and Kottayam Districts prepared by the Centre
for Development Studies here.
PTI
