Posts

BUDGET EDITION

-
Image
CBS LINE Budget Edition Pre Budget Discussion Director’s Message Dr.Santhosh Kumar P K Director, Centre for Budget Studies A budget is not merely a compilation of numbers; it is a statement of vision and a reflection of a society’s priorities. One message stands out clearly in today’s economic discourse — development cannot be achieved through announcements alone; it must be realized through deliberate, well-designed, and accountable planning. The CBSline Budget Special brings together the discussions and analyses conducted by CBS, along with key insights and factual highlights drawn from the recent Kerala and Union Budgets. The conversations held ahead of the budget cycle, including our interactive sessions and engagements, reveal a common expectation: growth must be inclusive, fiscally responsible, and regionally balanced. Economics is not an abstract academic discipline confined to theory. It is a practical framework that shapes ever...
Post a Comment
Read more

VOICE AND VIEWS

-
Image
  CBS LINE Volume 4(1) Interviewee - Prof.Veeramani Professor C. Veeramani is a distinguished economist currently serving as the Director of the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram. With a career spanning over two decades, he is widely regarded as a leading authority on International Trade, Global Value Chains (GVCs), and Industrial Productivity in India. Before leading CDS, Professor Veeramani held key academic positions at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), IIT Bombay, and ICRIER. His expertise is frequently sought at the highest levels of policy; his groundbreaking research on "network products" was a cornerstone of the Economic Survey 2019-20, shaping national conversations on job creation through global production sharing.  A Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) alumnus and recipient of the prestigious EXIM Bank International Economic Development Research Award, Professor Veeramani also serves on several high-level committees, ...
Post a Comment
Read more

THE EDUCATORS PEN

-
Image
  CBS LINE Volume 4(1) Is India ready for the EV boom — and the rising demand for transition metals? The global push to electrify transport and decarbonise energy systems has put a single commodity front and center for the next decade: copper (and other “transition” metals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and graphite). India’s ambition to scale up electric vehicles (EVs) and green infrastructure is real — but so are the structural constraints in raw materials and the value chain that threaten to slow that transition unless addressed now. Where the metal sits — mining geography Most of the world’s primary deposits of metals needed for EVs are concentrated outside India. Countries such as Chile and Peru are dominant copper producers, while the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the world’s main cobalt source; large lithium resources are concentrated in Chile, Argentina and Australia. Global mining statistics and reserve data show that India’s endowments of these transition m...
Post a Comment
Read more

STUDENTS CORNER

-
Image
CBS LINE Volume 4(1)   Budgeting Belonging in the Second Childhood: Gendered Ageing and Digital Inclusion in Kerala Niranjana M S Department of Development Studies Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development                                                                                              Population ageing is accelerating globally, with one in six people expected to be aged 60 years and above by 2030. While developed countries currently account for the largest share of older persons, developing regions are witnessing much faster rates of demographic ageing, often without adequate institutional preparedness. Kerala, long celebrated for its human development achievements, once again stands out this time as India’s most rapidly agei...
Post a Comment
Read more

QUIZ CORNER

-
Image
CBS LINE Volume 4(1) Quiz Corner CBS Line 4(1) Start Quiz Current Affairs Quiz| January 2026 No Limit Back Next Finish 📊 Your Performance Retry Quiz Home Fidha Fathima  Msc in Econometrics and Financial Technology
Post a Comment
Read more