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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

Dr K J Joseph, 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	Prof 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

Prof 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 October-November-December 2021

Did inflation rise after GST?

Opening the IGST blackbox for higher tax revenue of consuming states including Kerala

Vanishing murmurings of handloom shuttles: Perspectives on the development of handloom industry with

Kerala's GST revenue performance in a comparative perspective

A case for provincialising Calorie Norms in India: Special Reference to Kerala

Has GST increased debt burden of Indian states?

Kerala’s GST Revenue conundrum: A preliminary exploration within the fiscal federal context

Revival of the COVID riven economy of Kerala

Destination based GST : Impact on state revenue due to ambiguities in legislation

Regulating dubious direct selling businesses under the consumer protection act, 2019

Credit withdrawal during the Pandemic: The emerging trends in Kerala’s Credit-Deposit Ratio

Goods and service tax in India: Present rates, expected changes and its implications

Editorial

Kerala Economy August-September 2021

Asset monetisation and its implication on capital investment in India

State government expenditure response to pandemic in southern states

Kerala Flood Cess Whether the experiment for raising additional revenue, a success

How healthy has been the recovery of GST collection

Editorial

Tax performance of 15 Indian states

Stamp duty and registration fee Is it time Kerala adopts a modern method of fixing fair value of lan

Predicaments of electricity duty as a source of revenue for Kerala, India

Food prices and inflation during the pandemic Kerala remains an exception

Kerala Economy June-July 2021

The revised budget for fiscal 2021-22-High lights and issues

Revival package essential for tourism sector

Kerala budget 2021-22 A few comments

Can the state government be more migrant-friendly

State Budgets 2021-22 Implications for women in Kerala

Need to address structural challenges

Futuristic position on healthcare

The budget and agriculture Key emphases and way forward

Not human resources, work to be exported

Incentivize IT industry to create job

A daring vision on Kerala economy

Some reflections on the Kerala budget Concerns of gender and informal sector

Some crucial questions to be answered

Kerala needs consensus on development issues

Care economy vaccine and beyond Does the Kerala budget open a countercyclical window

State economy deeds, not words!

Not a new budget, some changes for better result

Global recession and Kerala budget, 2021-22

Kerala Economy April-May 2021

India's external sector during COVID-19

Economic survey 2020-21 and budget 2021

Union budget 2021-22 A reallocation from subsidies to finance

Revealed preference of indian state Health nutrition and agriculture

Industry and infrastructure Some key takeaways

A withering state

Union budget 2021-22 and inclusion in education

Sustainable development and climate change

Monetary management and financial intermediation

GST amendments in finance act 2021

Central budget 2021-22 Some observations

Whither the programmes for aspirational Indians

The long wait for higher education investment

Ordinary budget during extraordinary circumstances

India's inflation dilemma during the pandemic

Fiscal position under union budget 2021-22

Union budget 2021-22 and health Criminal neglect at the time of human crisis

Service sector in the budget and the survey A bird's eye view

Knowledge-based economy and union budget 2021-22

Growth-inequality-poverty dynamics On the unreasonable reasons

Budgeting without a perspective

Union budget 2021-2022 A well-orchestrated ideology and strategy

The “V-shaped” recovery conundrum

Multiple scissors crises

Kerala Economy February-March 2021

Kerala workforce strategies for the fourth industrial revolution

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Patrick Heller

Innovation system

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Judith Sutz

Design and vision of Kerala-Fibre Optic Network (K-FON)

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Gabriela Dutrénit

A vision for electronics systems design and manufacturing

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Zhang Liyan

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Sreejith Nair

Skilling, reskilling and upskilling

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Rainer Walz

Knowledge economy based on Kerala’s unique strengths

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- C Balagopal

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Luc Soete

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Erika Kraemer-Mbula

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Jayati Ghosh

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Dinesh Abrol

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Susan E. Cozzens

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Anna Kingiri

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Rasigan Maharajh

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Charles Edquist

Kerala start-up ecosystem

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Nanditha Mathew

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Alexandre Oliveira Vera-Cruz

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Jose Eduardo Cassiolato

Democratizing digital space, prelude to transform

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- G Vijayaraghavan

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Thankom Arun

Work near home infrastructure for Kerala

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Sabu Thomas

Reflections from experts across the world

Knowledge based vision for the future of Kerala

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Prince Joseph

IT stimulus for the knowledge economy

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Keun Lee

Digital Infrastructure

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Glenda Kruss

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Edward Henry Lorenz

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Srikumar Chattopadhyay

Strengthening the learning and research base

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Raja Rasiah

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- A.V Jose

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Anoop Ambika

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Mammo Muchie

Evolving an innovation ecosystem for Kerala

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Jeffrey Orozco

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Arun M Kumar

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- A.V Jose

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Sushil Khanna

Transforming Kerala to a knowledge economy; A manifesto

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Rasmus Lema

Reflections on Knowledge Economy- Aurora Fernandez Gonzales

Kerala Economy January 2021

The story of social spending -A revisit to the Kerala model of development - Part II

All is not well that lights not well

Kerala budget 2021-22- More a vision document than a conventional budget

The deceleration and decline of GDP

Whither Kerala in GST collection

Is the level of government spending enough to revive growth-A study of Union Government and Southern

Taming the prices during the pandemic - Further exploration

Kerala Economy December 2020

Rebuild fiscal federalism - Highlights of a webinar

Taming the prices during the pandemic

Debt and development-Beyond casual observation and commonsense

Has tax followed GDP Kerala among southern states

The story of social spending - A Revisit to the Kerala model of development - Part I

Disquieting tumble in state revenues of southern states

Kerala Economy November 2020

Water quality degradation in Kerala-The challenge ahead

Kerala LSGs play pivotal role in the battle against COVID -19 - RBI report

Social spending - Its impact on income and living standards in Kerala

State neutrality and labour sector reforms

GST collection across states Whither Kerala

State finances of southern states during COVID 19-A comparative analysis

COVID takes the flavour out of cardamom, brews up tea

Kerala Economy October 2020

Why the States shall not compromise on

COVID-19 shock persists on State's finances

GST at the sectoral level-A comparison of normal and Covid -19 phase

Income and wages in Kerala -A comparative picture

COVID 19 hits natural rubber prices but not coconut

From the frying pan to the fire- unorganized sector under COVID-19

GST compensation An erosion of trust

Kerala Economy September 2020

Kerala Economy Through the lens of GST data

Major tax revenue heads nosedive with Covid-19

Dwindling revenue and galloping expenditure in pandemic times

Growth driver crashes Kerala tourism in COVID-19 times

Kerala price curve moves southward as national inflation

Catastrophic fall in India’s GDP in Q1, 2020-21

Employment challenges in Kerala

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