Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Technology & Skills

To improve delivery of services through technology, enhancing trade, and reaping demographic dividend India needs to invest in better understanding of challenges and opportunities in trade, technology, and skilling. Additionally, quicker development of the agricultural and allied rural sectors continues to remain a priority for achieving the objectives of higher growth and poverty reduction through better income and employment opportunities.

Subscription-based Platforms: Designing payouts for social welfare in the States Platform Workers…

The Code on Social Security, 2020, effective from 21.11.2025, recognizes gig and platform workers and mandates soci…

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Op-Eds

India needs dynamic social registries

A well-designed social registry, containing comprehensive household information, can address the ever-changing stat…

Event

National Workshop on Assessing Indirect and Intangible Benefits of Irrigation Projects

NCAER organised a National Workshop on March 17, 2026, at its campus in New Delhi, to deliberate on the assessm…

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Event

NCAER Reports Launch 2025 : Food Delivery Platform Sector

As part of the NCAER Gig Economy Initiative, on December 18, 2025, the NCAER released two reports on the food d…

Project

Impact Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Rural connectivity plays a pivotal role in driving socio-economic transformation in agrarian economies like India, …

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Subscription-based Platforms: Designing payouts for social welfare in the States Platform Workers Welfare Board

India needs dynamic social registries

National Workshop on Assessing Indirect and Intangible Benefits of Irrigation Projects

NCAER Reports Launch 2025 : Food Delivery Platform Sector

Impact Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Publications

Op-Eds

25 September 2026

Now that India can see its farms, what next?

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

India’s digital agricultural transformation should focus on building institutional and economic links between data and action Indian agriculture has always suffered from…

Op-Eds

10 September 2026

Growth gains must widen

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

Should lead to better jobs, more productive firms. India’s economy has started the new financial year on a strong note. Real GDP…

Op-Eds

3 September 2026

India needs a human- and farmer-centred model of agricultural AI

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

The ultimate measure of success will not be the sophistication of the algorithms. It will be whether the farmer is better off…

Op-Eds

25 August 2026

An uneven monsoon calls for an early food-supply response

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

Crop-specific yield assessment should be intensified in rain-fed districts. Tur, soybean and maize deserve particular attention. India’s 2026 monsoon is becoming an…

Events