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NEW DELHI 26th November 2015 (WAM) -- Emirates the world’s largest international airline and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi today released the results of an economic impact study that measures Emirates’ contribution to the Indian economy. NCAER estimates that Emirates’ operations have contributed over US$848 million annually to India’s...   Read More

NEW DELHI: Emirates and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) today said that Emirates' operations have contributed over US $848 million annually to India's GDP supporting over 86000 Indian jobs and generating almost US $1.7 billion in Foreign Exchange Earnings. "With India's aim to become the third-largest aviation market by 2020 and the...   Read More

The Vijay Kelkar committee on revitalising public-private partnership (PPP) projects on Thursday submitted its report to finance minister Arun Jaitley suggesting measures to resolve contractual financing and implementation issues plauging the segment. “We will go through the report and take policy actions as early as possible” economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said. The report will...   Read More

  The Vijay Kelkar committee which was reviewing the public-private partnership model of infrastructure development has made recommendations to improve the financing of such projects. The committee has analysed the risks involved and the existing framework of risk-sharing between the project developer and the government and given its recommendations. “The mandate was to revive the...   Read More

NEW DELHI: Economic think tank NCAER today marginally lowered GDP forecast at 7.4 per cent because of slowdown in agriculture due to deficient monsoon. "This marginal fall is due to the anticipated slowdown in the agricultural sector. Industrial growth continues to gather strength while the outlook for the services remains mixed" National Council of Applied...   Read More

Economic think tank NCAER on Saturday marginally lowered GDP forecast at 7.4 per cent because of slowdown in agriculture due to deficient monsoon. “This marginal fall is due to the anticipated slowdown in the agriculture sector. Industrial growth continues to gather strength while the outlook for the services remains mixed” National Council of Applied Economic...   Read More

India's gross domestic product (GDP) would grow 7.4 per cent in 2015-16 much lower than current official estimates of 8.1-8.5 per cent the National Council of Applied Economic Research said in its mid-year review of the economy on Saturday. The think-tank said: "Industrial growth continues to gather strength while the outlook for services remains mixed....   Read More

The steel sector at present faces an inverted duty structure which needs to be addressed according to NITI Aayog Member VK Saraswat. Customs duties levied on key raw materials such as coking coal iron ore and metal scrap are higher than those on the end product he said adding: “Most steel exporting countries don’t impose...   Read More

The government’s strategy of auctioning mineral resources to ensure transparency in the allocation process would bring exploration activities in the country “to a halt” while adversely impacting the ‘Make in India’ programme the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has said in a report. Instead the Centre must focus on incentivising mineral exploration and...   Read More

As public servants get ready to enjoy the New Year’s blessing that the Seventh Pay Commission is expected to bestow it may be a time for the rest of us to look this gift horse in the mouth. The Fourteenth Finance Commission estimates the cost of the Sixth Pay Commission at over Rs. 90000 crore...   Read More