GIFT | Kerala Economy Journal

Kerala Economy is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation. The Journal deals with issues related to Kerala's Economy. Kerala Economy was started in September 2020, as a monthly publication. A Malayalam translation of the articles is also produced along with the English version. From 2022, Kerala Economy is going to be published as a quarterly journal.

Publishing Body

Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation

Address

GULATI INSTITUTE OF FINANCE AND TAXATION

GIFT Campus , Chavadimukku, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695017

Editor in Chief

K J Joseph, Professor and Director, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation.

email: director@gift.res.in

About the Journal Kerala Economy is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation. The Journal deals with issues related to Kerala's Economy. Kerala Economy was started in September 2020, as a monthly publication. A Malayalam translation of the articles is also produced along with the English version. From 2022, Kerala Economy is going to be published as a quarterly journal. Journal Particulars
Title	Kerala Economy
Frequency	Quarterly
ISSN
Publisher	Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram.
Chief Editor	K J Joseph, Director & Professor, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation
Copy Right	Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram.
Starting Year	2020
Subject	Economics
Language	English
Publication Format	Online
Phone Number	0471 2596970, 2596980, 2590880, 2593960
Email ID	keralaeconomy@gift.res.in
Website	www.gift.res.in
Address	GULATI INSTITUTE OF FINANCE AND TAXATION GIFT Campus , Chavadimukku, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695017

Chairman

Shri K N Balagopal,

Minister for Finance, Government of Kerala

knbalagopal@gmail.com

min.fin@kerala.gov.in

Editor- in Chief

K J Joseph,

Director & Professor, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation

director@gift.res.in

Associate Editor

Smt L Anitha Kumary

Associate Professor, GIFT

anithagift23@gmail.com

Editorial Advisors

Dr A V Jose

Former Director & Honorary Fellow, GIFT

avjose11@gmail.com

Prof D Narayana

Former Director & Honorary Fellow, GIFT

narayanadelampady@gmail.com

Prof K N Harilal

Professor, Centre for Development Studies

harilalanantha@gmail.com

harilal@cds.ac.in

Dr K Ravi Raman

Member, Kerala State Planning Board

raviraman2013@gmail.com

Dr Thankom Arun

Professor, Global Development and Accountability,

Director, Centre for Accountability and Global Development (CAGD),

Impact Director and Deputy Director (Research),

Essex Business School, University of Essex

t.g.arun@essex.ac.uk

Prof Rajeswari S Raina

Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies

School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Shiv Nadar University

rajeswari.raina@gmail.com

rajeswari.raina@snu.edu.in

Dr Thara S Nair

Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad

tara01@gmail.com

tara@gidr.ac.in

Shri C Balagopal

Chairman, The Federal Bank Ltd,

Director TIMed Incubator SCTIMST

Founder & Managing Director, Terumo Penpol Ltd.

cbalagopal@gmail.com

Dr D Shyjan

Associate Professor and Head (On Deputation),

Department of Economics, University of Calicut.

shyjan@uoc.ac.in

Dr Siddik Rabiyath

Director, Inter University Centre for Alternative Economics

Director (i/c), Department of Student Services &

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

siddikrabiyath@gmail.com

Dr N Ramalingam

Associate Professor, GIFT

drramalingam64@gmail.com

Dr Zakaria Siddiqui

Associate Professor, GIFT

zak.siddiqui@gift.res.in

Dr Anoop S Kumar

Assistant Professor, GIFT

askumar@gift.res.in

Consulting Editors

Shri George Joseph

georgejoseph61@yahoo.com

Dr Pyaralal Raghavan

Economist/Consultant &

Senior Assistant Editor,

Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)

plr1959@gmail.com

Editing Assistant

Dr U P Anilkumar

Research Associate, GIFT

Aims

Kerala Economy stands on the twin pillars of a) engaging in the theoretically based and empirically oriented discourse of all aspects of Kerala economy with a special orientation towards policymaking, and b) providing an up-to-date analysis of Kerala economy with respect to key economic parameters which include but not limited to output, employment, prices, income, expenditure, debt, and deficit.

The journal welcomes submission of both quantitative and/or qualitative work, that would be of interest to those concerned about Kerala economy.

Ethical Policy

The Ethical policy of Kerala Economy is guided by the practices and policies prescribed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Submission of Papers

Author Guidelines

Authors/Researchers are encouraged to submit their academically significant and original works for publication.
Submission of any article/paper will be taken to imply that it is unpublished and not in communication for publication with any other publisher/journal.
Every article should carry a short abstract between 150-250 words, summarising and foregrounding the significance of the article.
The artcle length shall not be more than 2500 words(excluding references).
The manuscript shall be anonymous in nature
A seperate title sheet with article title, author affiliation and communication address shall be provided
Images/Tables shall be continuosly numbered and appropriately placed in the manuscript
For initial submissions, there are no formatting requirements. However, the authors are expected to follow a uniform formatting criteria. After acceptance, the authors shall format the article as per journal requirements.
Spelling, dates, references and footnote numbers should be checked for accuracy.
All the works of others used for the preparation of the article should be cited appropriately

Articles submitted for publication will subjected to anonymous peer-review and the authors are expected to revise/respond to the comments offered by the peer-reviewer(s) in the final submission.

After Acceptance

After accepted, the authors shall format the article as per the journal requirements and submit it to the journal. Proofs of the articles in PDF format would be sent to the author who is expected to return them to the Handling Editor within a week. Substantive alterations or additions cannot be made at this stage and hence, authors should ensure that their final submissions must be thoroughly checked for accuracy.

Articles could be submitted to keralaeconomy@gift.res.in

Kerala Economy Vol.3 No.4 (October-November-December 2022)