Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has emphasised on the need for infrastructure development and enhanced connectivity that are crucial factors in maintaining a healthy startup ecosystem in the State.
Expressing concern over the economic turmoil in Sri Lanka, he also called for reviving focus on boosting the production sectors of the State to ensure that the local economy remained on a sound footing.
He was inaugurating the Public Procurement Summit 2022, a business-to-government (B2G) conclave, organised by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) for startups to showcase their products to government departments and PSUs here on Tuesday.