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New Delhi: The weatherman is getting better at his job. Or so the farmers feel. Reliability of weather information has improved in the past two to four years according to nine out of ten farmers in six states and a Union Territory. The only two exceptions were Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh where more farmers said...   Read More

A report prepared by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) for the agriculture ministry has pegged India’s wheat production in 2015-16 would be 85 million tonnes (mt) — 1.5 mt less than the final estimate of 2014-15. This is in stark contrast with the government’s estimate that production in 2015-16 would be 7.3...   Read More

New Delhi Feb 18 (PTI) Railways freight volume is likely to grow by 2.1 per cent in the next fiscal as compared to its one per cent growth in 2015-16 according to a study. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) study on factors impacting railway freight traffic in India presented to Railway Minister Suresh...   Read More

Railway Freight volume is likely to grow by 2.1 per cent in the next fiscal as compared to its one per cent growth in 2015-16 according to a study. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) study on factors impacting railway freight traffic in India presented to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said the doubling...   Read More

The country's railway freight traffic growth is all set to double next year says Delhi based think-tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). In a study carried out for the railway ministry NCAER states that the growth will happen on a business-as-usual situation without any major policy shifts. "Indian Railways' freight volume is likely...   Read More

While sentiments regarding production domestic sales exports imports of raw materials pre-tax profits and costs either have remained the same or have shown marginal improvement during the quarter. The business sentiment in the country remained largely unchanged growing by just 0.6% during the quarter ended December a survey by economic thinktank NCAER has found. "NCAER's...   Read More

The business sentiment in the country remained largely unchanged growing by just 0.6 per cent during the quarter ended December a survey by economic thinktank NCAER has found. "NCAER's Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained relatively unchanged in the third quarter of 2015-16. "The 95th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) shows that the BCI...   Read More

NEW DELHI: The business sentiment in the country remained largely unchanged growing by just 0.6 per cent during the quarter ended December a survey by economic thinktank NCAER has found.   "NCAER's Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained relatively unchanged in the third quarter of 2015­16.   "The 95th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) shows...   Read More

Temporary dissonance is inevitable but that is no reason to give up constantly updating our compilation systems. The release of industry-wise Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices rather than industry-wise GDP at factor cost is part of the effort to streamline our numbers with international standards. (Reuters) Third quarter GDP numbers will be out...   Read More

New Delhi: Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4 per cent in the current fiscal despite weak performance of agriculture sector due to poor monsoon NCAER said. The GDP growth rate forecast is 7.4 per cent for 2015 2016 and 2016-17 the economic policy think-tank said in a report. According to the National Council...   Read More