KOCHI: Some people still say that 'government of boys' will come here when 47.8 percent of women entrepreneurs are registered in the Udyam Registration for small industries in Kerala, said Industries Minister P Rajeev. The minister was responding to AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal's statement while inaugurating the Kerala Kaumudi Industrial Conclave, which discusses the industrial development opportunities and challenges of Kerala, at Hotel Renai in Palarivattom.

"The government is trying to create high-paying jobs in Kerala. The central government estimates that the 85,000 Udyam registrations in Kerala when this government came to power have now reached 16,80,000. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people are also increasingly turning to entrepreneurship. The return of Malayalis who

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