National Council of Applied Economic Research
This report provides a longer term perspective for the food sector. The study reports under this series will present an analysis of alternative scenarios of output and consumption for food crops taking into account the available information and based on the suitable economic models that permit longer term projections.
The Quarterly Agricultural Outlook provides an overview of agricultural trends both globally and at the national level. Agriculture continues to be critical to India's economy given its role in meeting the food and fibre needs of over a billion people and providing livelihoods to millions of households in rural areas. India is a major producer... Read More
The aim of this study, commissioned by the Ministry of Tourism, was to prepare the Second Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for India for 2009–10. The TSA is a set of 10 comprehensive tourism-specific tables/ accounts, which are prepared following international guidelines. These tables help in estimating the contribution of tourism to the Indian economy with... Read More
The study examines the economic impact of the Delhi and Hyderabad international airports on the national and regional economies in terms of contribution to income and employment. A passenger survey was also carried out in both the airports covering more than 4,000 passengers to capture their profiles. In case of Delhi International Airport, we found... Read More
NCAER is privileged to present the Mid- Year Review for the second successive year in partnership with the India International Centre. Higher inflation and slower industrial growth became persistent features of the Indian economy in 2012–13 following their prominent appearance in 2011–12. Both the fiscal deficit and the current account deficit worsened considerably. The global... Read More
The Quarterly Agricultural Outlook provides an overview of agricultural trends both globally and at the national level. Agriculture continues to be critical to India’s economy given its role in meeting the food and fibre needs of over a billion people and providing livelihoods to millions of households in rural areas. India is a major producer... Read More
The key objective of the study is to assess the economic benefits of five different services provided by the Ministry of Earth Science. These services are aviation meteorological services, marine water desalination, ornamental fish culture, lobster and crab fattening. The study outlines a ‘technology policy’ for seawater desalination considering environmental and ecological factors. It also analyses... Read More
This report highlights the vital role of the Indian Railways in the network mode of transportation, given that it will cater to an estimated 2036 billion passenger kilometres by 2020. To bridge the survey gap of detailed profiling (95 per cent of railway passengers travel in non- reserved category), a household survey of two distinct... Read More
The main objective of the study is to prepare a comprehensive documentation of taxes and user charges on transport sectors in India. The existing complex tax regime adds to the inefficient delivery of transport services which also suffer from various other policy distortions. The second key objective of this study is to evaluate gains to... Read More
Agriculture continues to be critical to India’s economy given its role in meeting the needs of food and fibre for over a billion people and providing livelihoods to millions of households in the rural areas.India is a major producer and consumer of several basic food commodities. The challenge is to meet the diversified and increased... Read More
