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  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, ...

  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...

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...

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CBS LINE Volume 4(1) 🏛️ Economic Policy RBI holds at 6.5% – Pause in rate cuts continues. India-US trade talks launch – Target $500B trade by 2030. GST cuts likely in 2026 – Essentials 7-13% cheaper Budget ’25 focus : Infrastructure, digital, inclusion. 💳 FinTech UPI 2.0 adds credit lines – Loans now via UPI. Real-time payments boom – 81% prefer instant. Biometrics dominate – 76% pick scans over passwords. AI fraud detection spreads – 90% of fintech adopt. 🌍 Global Economics Trump's “America First” trade push ; tariff prep underway. Trade fragmentation grows – Splintering into blocs. China grows 5.4% in Q4 – Imports surge pre-tariffs. ECB cuts to 2.75% – 4th cut amid uncertainty. 📊 Macro Update ...

CBS LINE Volume 4(1) The Shrimp That Took a Detour When news arrived that the United States had raised import tariffs on Indian marine products, many people quietly smiled. The thinking felt simple and reassuring. If exports became difficult, fewer shipments would go abroad. If fewer shipments went abroad, more shrimp would remain at home. And if more shrimp stayed back, prices would finally soften. For once, a global trade decision seemed ready to favour local plates. But nothing happened. Shrimp prices stayed exactly where they were. Markets did not overflow. Menus did not change. The shrimp that was expected to settle down locally never showed up. Somewhere between policy headlines and dinner tables, it quietly vanished. The explanation lies in how quickly markets react. India is one of the world’s major seafood exporters, and shrimp sits right at the heart of that success. It is efficient to produce, widely demanded, and highly valuable abroad. For years, the United Sta...

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