National Council of Applied Economic Research
This Policy Brief is based on a joint study conducted by NCAER and the Nossal Institute of Global Health, Melbourne University, on health seeking pathways in four Indian States. It is found that the health system in India is largely unregulated, and devoid of quality assurance mechanisms, leaving healthcare seekers susceptible to exploitation by unscrupulous... Read More
This Policy Brief is based on a joint study conducted by NCAER and the Nossal Institute of Global Health, University of Melbourne, on health seeking pathways in four Indian States. The authors observe that the public expenditure incurred on health in India, at just 0.9 per cent of the GDP, is low, and that the... Read More
This Policy Brief is based on an NCAER study on the Indian farm machinery industry. The twin objectives of this study were to recommend key strategic actions to policymakers for fostering the growth of the non-tractor farm machinery industry in India and help turn it into a global production hub, as also to ensure a... Read More
The Government of India launched the National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP) in 2008 by unifying the Computerisation of Land Records (CLR) and the Strengthening of Revenue Administration and Updating of Land Records (SRA and ULR) programmes, in order to accomplish the goal of improving the quality of land records across all States and Union... Read More
India Covid-19 Poverty Monitor bulletin is compiled by NCAER National Data Innovation Centre and The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) hosted at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, using a combination of original qualitative data collected from a small number of affected people in India, interviews with local leaders and community development actors, and... Read More
The Land Policy Initiative at NCAER (N-LPI) is bringing out its second policy brief on ‘States Need to Expedite Action Plans for Improving Quality of Land Records & Services’ based on the work done on Land Records and Services Index. The latest round of N-LRSI 2021 shows that while there has been considerable progress by... Read More
The poor land records and lack of access to these records adversely impact both the land markets in India and financialisation of land assets. The digitisation of land records is a critical first step in addressing this issue. In this context, NCAER’s Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) has the potential of offering a reality... Read More
This is part of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre based on the findings from the Delhi Metropolitan Area Study. This particular Brief on health insurance suggests that despite rising insurance coverage in recent years, individuals are not often aware of their entitlements and do not avail of the... Read More
This is part of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre. Based on the findings from the Delhi NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey, Rounds 1 and 2, this particular Brief is set in the backdrop of the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent loss of incomes and livelihoods... Read More
This is the first of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre based on the findings from the Delhi Metropolitan Area Study. This particular Brief on employment outlines the challenges in measuring women’s work and demonstrates how different approaches of employment measurement determine the status of women’s employment. The results... Read More
