Kerala Schedule of Rates
About Kerala PWD / KWA / Forest Dept
Kerala's PRICE portal is one of India's first attempts to replace static SOR PDFs with a live, district-queryable database. PWD engineers in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kannur use PRICE for current-rate queries. The 2022 Revised PDF (mirrored on Forest Dept) remains the canonical reference for items not in PRICE. KWA's reckoner covers water-supply tariffs and ready-reference rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Kerala PRICE portal?
Public Rates Information Centre — Kerala PWD's live rate-query platform replacing static SOR PDFs. Engineers query rates by district + discipline. Civil works at pwd.kerala.gov.in/IMF_website; electrical at price.kerala.gov.in/price_electrical. KWA-side rates at pricekwa.kerala.gov.in.
What is the latest Kerala PWD SOR PDF?
PWD SOR 2022 (Revised 2-Mar-2023) is the canonical PDF, mirrored on the Kerala Forest Department portal. For items not in this PDF, use PRICE for current rates.
Does LSGD have its own SOR?
Local Self Government Dept (panchayats, municipalities) uses Kerala PWD SOR as the base. Kerala LSGD's pwdrates.asp page maintains a 2010 legacy PDF and references newer PWD SOR for current rates.
What is KWA's role?
Kerala Water Authority handles water-supply and sewerage in urban Kerala. KWA's Ready Reckoner (April 2023) is a tariff-style document; for item-of-work rates, KWA uses PRICE-KWA portal at pricekwa.kerala.gov.in.
Why does the Forest Dept publish rates?
Kerala Forest Dept handles forest plantation, soil-water conservation, and timber harvesting works. Its separate SOR covers forest-specific items (silvicultural operations, nursery, harvesting) plus mirrors the PWD SOR for civil-works inside forest areas.