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The Indian Inclusion in JP Morgan GBI EM index
Praveen Menon

On September 2023, JP Morgan announced that it will include Indian government bonds to it’s emerging markets bond index. India will be included in the GBI-EM global diversified index starting June 28, 2024. Currently, 23 Indian government bonds wit

October 04, 2023 Economic Studies, Article, Indian Economy, Bond market, JP Morgan, Government securities, GBIndex, Government Bonds
The Expected Emergence of High GDP Growth Era
Praveen Menon

Last month, a leading multinational German investment bank published a report on fiscal health of key 17 States in India.[1] The report was based on four key fiscal parameters i.e. fiscal deficit; own tax revenue, state debt levels, all as a percenta

September 18, 2023 Economic Studies, Article, economy, Indian Economy, GDP, Budget, Fiscal policy, RB
The Elusive Golden Mean in PSB Privatization Goal
Praveen Menon

US President Harry Truman entangled in an array of economic views had famously asked for a “one-armed economist”.[1] A team of economists pronouncing “On the one hand, this” and “On the other hand, that” may have seemed too confusing for

January 13, 2023 Economic Studies, Commentary, Economics, Indian Economy, Reserve Bank of India, Banking sector, Public Sector Banks, Nationalisation
Strengthening India through Women-centric Policy Interventions
Praveen Menon

One day, Sage Durvasa offered Indra a garland of flowers. Indra annoyed by the bees surrounding the garland threw it to the floor which enraged Goddess Lakshmi. The Goddess of wealth upset with Indra left the Devaloka and the gods started losing powe

April 23, 2021 Economic Studies, Article, Economic Growth, Atharvaveda, capex stimulus, female labour force, gender diversity, Lakshmi, women in private sector
SEBI’s Prudence & Finance Ministry’s Concerns on AT-1 bonds
Praveen Menon

Back in March 2020, the Reserve Bank of India proposed an SBI-led restructuring package for the struggling Yes Bank by exercising a clause in a manner no one expected.1 The proposed restructuring entailed writing down of over Rs.8400 crores of outsta

April 01, 2021 Economic Studies, Article, RBI, AT-1 Bonds, Finance Ministry Mutual Funds, NAV, SEBI
Designing a Foundation for Indian Innovative Ecosystem
Praveen Menon

Back in 2016, Elon Musk the billionaire Tesla & SpaceX CEO announced that Tesla’s Model 3 would be built in a new fully automated factory. In the most ambitious attempt at automation, Tesla floundered with severe bottlenecks and was plagued with �

August 28, 2020 Media Studies, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, Economics, Education System, AI, innovation, Manufacturing, Science, Research, Technological progress, Ecosystem, Invention, Higher Education, Scientist, Innovator, New Education Policy, Science & Technology, IIT, IIM, Tech companies
Dissecting Macro Focus-areas for India this Decade - World Order, Domestic Economy & Technology
Praveen Menon

With the age-old Ram Mandir issue resolved Indian civilization took a step ahead in 2020 even when global and Indian economy took several steps back due to pandemic. A great historic wrong has been corrected which was imposed on our ancestors and the

August 13, 2020 Economic Studies, Article, China, agriculture, Economics, technology, USA, Indian Economy, Soft Power, Urbanization, Civilization, BRI, military, Geopolitics, FDI, innovation, Financial system, Banking sector, World Order, World War I, World War II, Bretton woods, History lessons, Research, Economic Growth, Farmers, Domestic Economy
Rural Growth, Agricultural Reforms & RBI Monetary Policy in a High Systemic Risk Economy
Praveen Menon

When the RBI meeting of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in August commences, it would probably be the strangest voting decision. On one hand, RBI may be acutely sensitive to the diminished consumer confidence and risk aversion the pandemic and subseq

July 29, 2020 Economic Studies, Article, economy, agriculture, Indian Economy, Reserve Bank of India, Pandemic, Economic crisis, Rural economy, Monetary policy, Banking crisis, Liquidity, MPC, Financial system, NBFC, Agricultural reforms, Agrarian economy, Economy of India, NPA, Financial crisis
Igniting Total Factor Productivity Growth in Indian Economy
Praveen Menon

For decades, India has looked upon China as competitor in the economic sphere and rightly so. Indian civilization has historically been an economic superpower for centuries ahead of China. It was inevitable in contemporary economic history that a gia

July 21, 2020 Economic Studies, Article, China, Indian Economy, Global supply chains, ROI, reforms, Purchasing Power Parity, R&D, spending, Total Factor Production, Research Excellence
China’s Strategy to Overcome the Virus Stigma is “Belligerence”
Praveen Menon

On June 15 2020, Col. B Santosh Babu probably didn’t expect to walk up to a Chinese observation post at the vertex of the bend in Galwan River. It was strange because the PLA themselves had dismantled the post after the talks few days back. A sense

July 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Xi Jinping, COVID-19, Col. Santosh Babu, belligerence, wolf warriors, Gen. Zhao Zongqi
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