Events

Taking stock of the current system of teaching and learning of skills in schools The New Education Policy 2020 has ushered in innovative approaches to learning by adding job-oriented and job-linked inputs in the school curriculum by the Central Board of Secondary Education. To take stock of the current status of teaching and learning of...   Read More

Lessons from a Large-scale Masking Experiment in Bangladesh In mid-February this year, India was registering some 12,000 cases of covid-19 a day, fewer than many advanced countries in Europe. On April 23, India clocked some 333,000 new, positive cases, far higher than any other country at any time during this pandemic. The Economist notes that epidemiologists estimate...   Read More

Niyati Agrawal, Monami Dasgupta, Anand Sinha, Ashwani Bhatia, Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Rajesh Chakrabarti  in conversation with  Ananth Narayan In recent times, financial markets have seen an increase in consumers seeking better returns through innovative investments to secure their wealth and savings. This has led to diversification of investments from old and trusted avenues to newer...   Read More

Data Collection vs Data Construction: How Methodology and Substance are Inextricably Interwoven The first in a new NCAER seminar series on Data Collection Methodology was organised by the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre on March 18, 2021. This first seminar, presented by Stanley Presser, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, is part of...   Read More

NCAER released its second Land Record and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2021, revealing that almost all States/Union Territories have shown an improvement in their efforts to digitize land records compared to the previous year. Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the top performer for the second year in a row, followed by West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra and Tamil...   Read More

Five investor education workshops with financial regulators Workshop III: Investor Education and Protection in the National Pension System NCAER’s newly established Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Chair Unit’s hosted the third of the series of five workshops on Investor Education and Protection. This workshop, focusing on the National Pension System was held virtually. India’s 2014 Pradhan Mantri...   Read More

Yamini Aiyar, Nishant Chadha, Pinaki Chakraborty, Rajat Kathuria, Shekhar Shah The Union Budget 2021-22 was presented in Parliament on February 1, 2021 by the Minister of Finance, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman. All eyes have been on this COVID-19 Budget as the race between the virus and the vaccine quickens against the backdrop of the worst economic downturn in...   Read More

The Union Budget 2021-22 was presented in Parliament on February 1, 2021 by the Minister of Finance, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman. All eyes have been on this COVID-19 Budget as the race between the virus and the vaccine quickens against the backdrop of the worst economic downturn in independent India’s history and the worst the global economy has...   Read More

The Global Economic Outlook 2021: Averting a Great Divergence Gita Gopinath Chief Economist The International Monetary Fund Dr Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, delivered NCAER’s 9th C. D. Deshmukh Lecture 2021 on The Global Economic Outlook 2021: Averting a Great Divergence. In these challenging pandemic times, Dr Gopinath, the IMF’s first woman Chief...   Read More

Sajjid Chinoy, Usha Thorat, Sonal Varma, and Sudipto Mundle in conversation with Shekhar Shah As the race between the virus and the vaccine quickens, all eyes are on the Union Budget 2021-22 that the Finance Minister will present on February 1.    How will the 2021-22 Budget vaccinate the Indian economy? NCAER’s Mid-Year Review 2020-21 released on December 21 as...   Read More