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Sudipto Mundle

Mint columnist

Sudipto Mundle is chairman, Centre for Development Studies. These are the author's personal views.

ARTICLES BY SUDIPTO MUNDLE

India’s lagging states are caught in a low-income, low public expenditure trap. (AP)

How India’s lagging states could escape their development trap

4 min read . 30 Oct 2025

About 400 goods and services have had their GST rates lowered, while a small number, about 50 items, have had rates increased. (PTI)

India GST rate cut: Consumption boost vs capital expenditure dilemma

4 min read . 25 Sept 2025

Trade will mostly continue to be increasingly channelized through regional free trade arrangements like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). (AFP)

Sudipto Mundle: The best way ahead for India’s trade policy amid Trump’s tariffs

4 min read . 28 Aug 2025

This century, control of emerging technologies and a suitably skilled workforce will be the key determinants of which countries remain competitive and prosperous. (Mint)

University Technical Colleges: Use them to prepare our workforce for the future

4 min read . 29 Jul 2025

Health, financial services, hospitality, education and other services are just as important as tangible goods like textiles, steel, cars or pharmaceuticals. (istockphoto)

Manufacturing versus services: Why privilege one over the other?

4 min read . 26 Jun 2025

The wisdom of India’s approach of ‘strategic autonomy’ should be evident to all. (REUTERS)

A trade arrangement that leaves out the US could trump Trump’s tariffs

4 min read . 29 May 2025

Fiscal and monetary policy can both pull in the same direction of reviving growth till the dust raised by the ongoing global turmoil settles. (PTI)

Sudipto Mundle: Here’s the policy response we need to address Trump’s disruption

4 min read . 24 Apr 2025

In the past two budgets, capex growth has been drastically cut to meet the committed fiscal consolidation targets. (Mint)

The path to Viksit Bharat must have a clear fiscal strategy

4 min read . 27 Mar 2025

The Trump disruptions are more an opportunity than a threat for India. (AP)

Sudipto Mundle: On balance, India could gain from Trump’s policy blitzkrieg

4 min read . 27 Feb 2025

The Reserve Bank of India is best advised to maintain its current policy rate and neutral stance. (REUTERS)

RBI must weigh monetary policy carefully under conditions of high uncertainty

4 min read . 23 Jan 2025

By eliminating unwarranted subsidies and tax expenditures, large volumes of resources can be freed up to finance these new expenditure priorities.

India’s budget needs to address three medium-to-long term priorities

4 min read . 26 Dec 2024

If we are to avoid a severe water crisis 10 or 20 years down the road, the time to act is now.

India must act right away against an emerging scarcity of fresh water

4 min read . 28 Nov 2024

India’s high growth performance has prevailed despite a very fragile external environment.

India’s economy has done quite well on many counts

4 min read . 30 Oct 2024

Outside agriculture, there are 21 labour-intensive sectors, employing at least 20 people per ₹1 crore of output, according to a 2022 NCAER study. (Mint)

Generating jobs in India’s highly segmented labour market will be a long haul

4 min read . 29 Sept 2024

As per the latest PLFS, the monthly real wages of regular employees, the best-paid category, was just ₹10,000 per month in 2022-23.

Making capital costlier in relation to labour may help generate more jobs

5 min read . 29 Aug 2024

The central government’s debt-to-GDP ratio is set to decline from 58.2 % to 56.8%. (REUTERS)

Budget 2024: It’s fiscally sound but a weak foundation for Viksit Bharat

4 min read . 25 Jul 2024

India is ranked 39th in the latest World Economic Forum global tourism ranking, with a share of only 1.6% in global tourism income.

Tourism can create the employment needed to go with economic growth

4 min read . 27 Jun 2024

Large learning models don’t just follow human commands, but replicate and multiply, with Generative AI, their capacity for some forms of human-like thinking.

AI and clean energy: Prepare for the global economy that’s emerging

4 min read . 31 May 2024

There was a pre-pandemic shift in workforce distribution from agriculture to the non-agricultural sector, a key structural transformation of the development process.

India’s employment paradox of the 21st century: A crackable puzzle

4 min read . 25 Apr 2024

The 15th FC, which had to make its projections under conditions of extreme uncertainty in the middle of the covid pandemic, took the unusual step of examining the implications of three alternative growth paths.

The 16th Finance Commission faces some daunting challenges

4 min read . 28 Mar 2024