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Economic think-tank NCAER's business confidence index (BCI) registered a sequential increase of 2.2 per cent in June quarter of 2016-17 mainly driven by improvement in perception about economic conditions and financial position of firms in the next six months.   The increase in BCI was helped by improvement in sentiment in two out of its four components...   Read More

Economic think-tank NCAER's business confidence index (BCI) registered a sequential increase of 2.2 per cent in June quarter of 2016-17 mainly driven by improvement in perception about economic conditions and financial position of firms in the next six months. The increase in BCI was helped by improvement in sentiment in two out of its four components the National Council...   Read More

We need to rethink social safety nets in India’s growing economy so that they can also focus on the accidents of life rather than solely on the accidents of birth. Sometimes the grand narratives of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For...   Read More

The Journal of Applied Economic Research (JAER) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, international journal published by NCAER in New Delhi in conjunction with SAGE International. JAER publishes papers that pay special attention to the economics of emerging economies, but is open to high-quality papers from all fields of applied economics. Empirical papers with significant policy implications...   Read More

A study was undertaken to assess the impact of different rice varieties and packages of practice developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and India’s State Agricultural Universities. This NCAER study first examines the variation in rice production in India across seasons, areas and ecosystems. It then examines the role played by public...   Read More

As Subramanian argues India simply cannot get a sustained 8% growth without a significant export growth. (PTI) Though Brexit is the latest threat to globalization as chief economic advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian pointed out at the India Policy Forum Lecture on Tuesday the seeds of the destruction of the era of hyper-globalisation – exports-to-GDP rose...   Read More

Subramanian on Tuesday came out strongly in favour of the central government's Make in India campaign saying that an export­oriented strategy was essential for India to achieve an eight per cent annual growth trajectory on a sustained basis. On the impact of Brexit on the Indian economy Subramanian said while it would impact growth in the UK and...   Read More

New Delhi: In the wake of developed nations moving away from globalization India should take the lead in pursuing the goal of open markets and develop an export­led strategy for strong economic growth as only domestic consumption cannot sustain an 8­10% economic growth over the medium term chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian said on Tuesday. Delivering the 2016 India Policy...   Read More

NEW DELHI: The Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Prime Minister Arvind Subramanian believes a solely consumption­led model of economic growth will not be able to sustain a double­digit growth rate in India. Speaking at the India Policy Forum 2016 organised by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) Subramanian said the new wave of...   Read More

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.