With the Government’s ‘Make in India’ programme generating considerable interest from an expanding array of international investors, India is likely to see a spurt in foreign direct investment over the next few years. In strengthening India’s position as one of the world’s Top 15 FDI host economies, it is imperative for the country to further... Read More
Dr David M. Malone, UN Under-Secretary-General and the Rector of United Nations University delivered NCAER’s C D Deshmukh Memorial Lecture on “From MDGs to Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities and Pitfalls” in New Delhi on February 9, 2015. The lecture is the third in the series of the C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lectures, instituted by NCAER in memory... Read More
Experts from the Japanese and Indian Governments, research think-tanks and the Indian and Japanese corporate sector met for a dialogue focusing on the opportunities and challenges for Japanese foreign direct investment into India. The first Delhi Dialogue, jointly organized by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and the Policy Research Institute (PRI) of... Read More
Dr Shekhar Shah, Director General, NCAER and Mr Daikichi Momma, President, PRI signed a three-year Memorandum of Intent for joint work and greater collaboration between the two institutions at a ceremony held at PRI on January 21, 2015. Also present on the occasion were Mr Amit Kumar, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Mr... Read More
Neemrana is the most prestigious forum in India for some of the best US scholars associated with NBER to come together with Indian policymakers and policy analysts from the public and private sectors. For 2014 conference, NCAER brought together a varied and exciting set of Indian participants to engage with our visiting NBER researchers on... Read More
This roundtable organised by NCAER presented some of the results from India Human Development Survey (IHDS), a unique panel survey carried out by NCAER in collaboration with University of Maryland. First round of this survey of over 41,000 households was conducted in 2004-5, just before NREGA was implemented. The second round conducted in 2011-12 resurveyed... Read More
Against the backdrop of this to-be-released (2015) NCAER book authored by Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize, Hari Nagarajan and S.S. Meenakshisundaram, the roundtable discussions explored the effectiveness of long-standing Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in India as part of strategy of good-governance at the grass-root level. With a strong emphasis on the linkages between local self-government and planning,... Read More
India’s oldest and largest economic think-tank, NCAER, the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center (SRC) to promote collaborative survey research. SRC is a global leader in survey methodology and technology, and is part of Michigan’s Institute for Social... Read More
New Delhi, Saturday, 1 November 2014: At a seminar held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) presented the Mid-Year Review of the Economy, 2014-15. The Review covered the performance of the economy during first half of the current year (April – September 2014-15). It also included two... Read More
New Delhi, Saturday, 1 November 2014: At a seminar held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) presented the Mid-Year Review of the Economy, 2014-15. The Review covered the performance of the economy during first half of the current year (April – September 2014-15). It also included two... Read More