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Kerala house, apart from its guest house, is like an embassy of the state established in the National Capital. Headed by Resident Commissioner of the grade of a Senior IAS officer, Kerala House is the most important institution of Government of Kerala located in the heart of New Delhi. In fact RC is the Chief of all the Kerala Government institutions in Delhi. Located at 3, Jantar Mantar Road, The Kerala House Complex constitutes of the offices of the Resident Commissioner, the Additional Resident Commissioner, controller and other offices (All functioning in the old palace of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cochin) and two guest houses named the Reception Block/Main block and the Additional Block /New Block. A residential block with 12 flats is also located within this campus. The total expanse of the area is 2. 496 acres.
state Government offices in Delhi act as a channel of communication between the state and the centre. These offices liaise with various Ministries, Embassies, UN Organizations etc. Co-ordinates foreign visits of VIP’s, assist MP’s from Kerala in their parliamentary works, organize media coverage for state Government programmes, follow up the cases in supreme court and expose the potential of our state in various National and International events.
The Government of Kerala offices functioning in Kerala House are:
- Office of the Resident Commissioner
- Liaison Wing - MPs cell - Protocol wing
In addition to these, many important offices of the state such as the Tourist Information Office, Office of the Department of Norka, Kaveri Cell under the Department of Water Resources, KSEB Liaison office etc are established outside the premises of Kerala House. Public Sector Undertakings and co-operative organizations such as Keltron, KAL, Kairali, Coirfed, Marketfed, Telk and ODEPEC also have their units in Delhi.
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