The third annual ranking of India's Best and Worst States by 'India Today', country's widely read magazine rates the State of Kerala high in certain key areas of quality of life and work. The rankings are based on eight parameters viz. agriculture, industrial environment, consumer market, health, education, law and order, infrastructure and budget and prosperity. 

In the survey conducted among the 20 big states of India, Kerala took the top spot in the categories of Law & Order, Primary Health, Literacy, and the Healthiest;while it bagged the second spot in the category of 'Best State to Live-in' and in 'Primary Education.' The survey also found Kerala to be the third 'Economically most free State' in India. 

In the 2004 report also Kerala was ranked first in the fields of 'Law & Order' and 'Primary Health.'  With tourism literally ruling the roost in Kerala, with other key areas of fast developing avenues like Information Technology and Biotechnology holding good prospects in the State, the India Today 2005 report augurs well for Kerala in the coming days. 

Courtesy: India Today issue dated August 15, 2005