Events

NCAER is hosting a seminar on “Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling, a Tool for Economic Policy:  Achievements and New Challenges” with Professor Peter B. Dixon at the Centre for Policy Studies at Victoria University in Melbourne. Since its inception in 1960 with the work of Leif Johansen, CGE modelling has proved popular and versatile.  The Global Trade...   Read More

NCAER is hosting a seminar on “Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling, a Tool for Economic Policy: Achievements and New Challenges” with Professor Peter B. Dixon at the Centre for Policy Studies at Victoria University in Melbourne. Since its inception in 1960 with the work of Leif Johansen, CGE modelling has proved popular and versatile. The...   Read More

NCAER released its 2018 N-SIPI, the NCAER State Investment Potential Index at a launch workshop inaugurated by Shri Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Covering 20 States and Delhi, this is the third edition of the annual N-SIPI that ranks India’s States’ on their competitiveness in business and their investment climate. Compared to 2017,...   Read More

Background: The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India's oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic research institute. It does grant-funded research, commissioned studies for governments and industry, and is one of the few think tanks globally that also collect primary data. NCAER has set up a National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) to serve...   Read More

Background: The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India's oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic research institute. It does grant-funded research, commissioned studies for governments and industry, and is one of the few think tanks globally that also collect primary data. NCAER has set up a National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) to serve...   Read More

A seminar on “The Impact of Groundwater Accessibility on the Performance of Firms” with Dr Sheetal Sekhri, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, USA will be held at NCAER on July 17, 2018. This presentation is based on the joint work of Sheetal Sekhri with Jiahua Liu. In this paper, the authors evaluate the impact of...   Read More

seminar on “The Impact of Groundwater Accessibility on the Performance of Firms” with Dr Sheetal Sekhri, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, USA will be held at NCAER on July 17, 2018. This presentation is based on the joint work of Sheetal Sekhri with Jiahua Liu. In this paper, the authors evaluate the impact of groundwater...   Read More

A seminar on “Environmental Catastrophes and Mitigation Policies in a Multi-region World” with Professor Avinash Dixit, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University was held at NCAER on July 12, 2018. In his Presentation, Professor Dixit discussed his joint paper with Timothy Besley (LSE) which presents a simple model for assessing the willingness to pay for reductions in...   Read More

NCAER’s 15th India Policy Forum was held in New Delhi on July 10-11, 2018. The conference brought together a distinguished gathering of researchers, policymakers, politicians, industry participants and the media. The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu  addressed the opening session of the two-day conference. Dr Shekhar Shah, NCAER’s Director-General, welcoming Shri Prabhu, said: “This...   Read More

Special 15th Anniversary IPF Event Reflections: India’s Chief Economic Advisor in Conversation Dr Arvind Subramanian talking to Prof Karthik Muralidharan Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Chair, University of California, San Diego and NCAER Arvind Subramanian is the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and will be leaving that position soon after nearly four years in...   Read More