K R Sudhaman

By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to making India a global manufacturing hub and his stress on the need to work on easy transit to promote trade in central Asia and Europe at the recently concluded  Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is well justified. Stepping up manufacturing has huge potential for providing […]

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By K R Sudhaman It is a no brainer that India’s economic growth would look impressive after a virtual shut down in the previous year due to Covid Pandemic. But the question to be asked is the double digit growth is good enough and to the desired level and are their worrying factors in the […]

The post India’s FY 23 Q1 GDP Impressive But Pitfalls Remain As Inflation Worrying first appeared on IPA Newspack.

  By K R Sudhaman   India takes over presidency of G-20 at a critical juncture when geo politics is at cross roads and global economy difficult and sagging. This is significant as it takes over leadership at a time when there is need to strengthen multilateralism and that India is ideally suited because of […]

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By K R Sudhaman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is confident that Indian economy is in a comfort zone to weather the storm witnessed in the global economy, with some of the advanced economies heading towards recession. Winding up the debate on price rise in Rajya Sabha she quoted IMF and former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram […]

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By K R Sudhaman India’s Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran is of the view that India’s Inflation though beyond RBI’s band is not that big a source of worry as it is still much less than several advanced economies, some of whom have it in double digits. Inflation no doubt is a global phenomenon […]

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By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi said recently that India is the fastest growing economy at the moment. Statistics wise it may be true as other countries are doing badly. But the question to be asked is India’s growth story a myth or reality? On the face of it Indian economy may look […]

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By K R Sudhaman It is not only politics that is increasingly getting polarized but also views on the Indian economy with economists divided on whether the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the country forward during the last 8 years of his rule or not. India has come a long way in economic development […]

The post Indian Economy Has Shown Mixed Results In Last Eight Years Of Narendra Modi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman The global economy is facing unprecedented economic challenges driven by high inflation in practically all major economies and there are fears that this could lead to stagflation as recessionary trends are witnessed in advanced economies and slowing China. The question that is often asked now is Indian economy insulated from these […]

The post Indian Economy Has Resilience But Needs Special Protection For Poor first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman MSMEs which formed the backbone of India’s industrial development, exports and job creation, may soon get credit card similar to Kisan credit cards to deal with their credit woes that is presently stunting the economic growth. This follows repeated recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing committee on Finance in a bid to […]

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By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done reasonably well in managing the Indian economy during the difficult two years of covid pandemic despite several challenges by ensuring food security to millions of people who became jobless. This has won accolades from World Bank and International Monetary Fund. But the major challenge is […]

The post Inflation Is The Major Challenge To The Reviving Indian Economy Now first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stirred up language controversy that Hindi being official language, it should be the medium for correspondence and discussions between states. This has evoked a vehement and justifiable strong reaction from southern states, particularly Tamil Nadu, which has always opposed imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking […]

The post Amit Shah‘s Statement On Hindi As Official Language In Communications Was Unwarranted first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman The Narendra Modi government may be elated at the ever increasing GST collections in recent months with the revival of the economy. A record GST collections of Rs 1.42 lakh crore in March this year is good and it also indicates that more and more industries and traders are getting into […]

The post Fuel Price Hike Rekindles Debate On Balancing Direct And Indirect Taxes first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman Mercurial Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Supremo, appears to have climbed down a bit to realize that she cannot on her own bring about opposition unity under her umbrella without main opposition Congress being in the pack. The fact that she had contacted DMK supremo and Tamil […]

The post Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Can Save Opposition Unity By Taming Mamata Banerjee first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman It really goes to the credit of Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan in crafting this year’s state budget in a manner to reign in on fiscal deficit at difficult covid times without burdening the common man with more and new taxes. There is a lesson for other states on […]

The post Tamil Nadu Budget Shows The Model To Shun Fiscal Profligacy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman Indian students going abroad for studies cost approximately $80 billion foreign exchange, which broadly equals forex received by way of NRI remittances annually. This is a staggering figure spent by about 11 lakh students who go abroad for higher studies. This figure is only growing year after year and unlike in […]

The post India Loses About $80 Billion Forex Yearly On Students Studying Abroad first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman The killing of an Indian Student Naveen Shekharappa in a Russian shelling in Kharkiv in Ukraine recently is a wake-up call to the country’s rampant and unending caste-based and communal-based politics that is ruining the educational system. It is time for the nation as a whole to have a relook at […]

The post Indian Student’s Killing In Ukraine Is A Wake-Up Call To Review Medical Admission Policy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman India cannot be oblivious to the fact that any war in Europe will impact its economy and trade. It may not be direct but the consequences will be felt in different areas in different ways, more so because India is now a close ally of both Russia and United States. Russia […]

The post Centre Needs Some Emergency Planning To Deal With Impact Of Ukraine War first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman The recent urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu held for the first time after 2011 has helped strong ruling DMK in the state to consolidated further decimating its rival opposition AIADMK. DMK won all the 21 corporations and unseated AIADMK in its traditional stronghold in western Tamil Nadu. The National […]

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