He played a pivotal role in abolishing sales tax on books in the erstwhile state of Travancore.
This move influenced the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to abolish sales tax on books across India.
He along with his friends Ponkunnam Varkey, P. T. Chacko and K. J. Thomas opened a bookstore called National Book Stall in Kottayam.
Soon after that, D. C. Kizhakemuri started Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society (SPCS) along with M. P. Paul and Karoor Neelakanta Pillai.
Under the dynamic stewardship of D. C. Kizhakemuri, this merger heralded a new age in Malayalam publishing and production which was, till then in a very dismal state.