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NEW DELHI: After RBI and IMF economic thinktank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has lowered the country's growth forecast to 6.9 per cent for the current fiscal on account of demonetisation. A few days before demonetisation was announced NCAER had projected a growth rate of 7.6 per cent for 2016-17. "The removal of...   Read More

After RBI and IMF economic think­tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has lowered the country's growth forecast to 6.9 per cent for the current fiscal on account of demonetisation. A few days before demonetisation was announced NCAER had projected a growth rate of 7.6 per cent for 2016-17. "The removal of the legal...   Read More

The idea of a Universal Basic Income has emerged in India’s Economic Survey 2016–17. Will UBI be the most significant economic outcome for the poor in recent times?    Does the recently released Economic Survey evoke the jingling sound of falling coins in your ears? On the face of it the flagship annual document of...   Read More

The welfare challenge lies in providing assistance to needy households to ensure adequate diets without creating conditions in which they opt for inferior diets that are too heavy on cereals With the Kerala government’s decision to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from April the whole country will be covered by the legislation. However...   Read More

The NCAER 2017 Rabi Outlook Report provides a comprehensive assessment of the current availability of inputs, monsoon rainfall, demand conditions in domestic and global markets, and government policies, all of which are likely to impact this year's Rabi crop. The work underlying the Report has been supported by the National food Security Mission, Government of...   Read More

This NCAER report presents findings of a survey carried out in 2015 across 30 states and Union Territories (UTs) in both rural and urban areas to evaluate the effectiveness of IRDAI’s nation-wide awareness campaigns and a special initiative in Tripura. The study compares current findings on insurance awareness of insured and uninsured households for life,...   Read More

Former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar on Friday advocated a single rate for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as that would it simpler to administer. The GST Council has already decided on the four-rate structure for the indirect tax regime besides a cess. Giving an example he said it was better to first build a...   Read More

Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan today said demonetisation in-principle was a good move to eliminate black money but in terms of consequences it did not work. Noting that there is a structural issue in policy making he said policy is made by politicians and executed by the administrative system and policy making should be flexible...   Read More

ICT adoption by firms in all regions could enhance effectiveness of programmes such as Digital India The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) together with the Department of Electronics and Information Technology has assessed the e-readiness of states and Union Territories of India six times since 2003. This body of work defines e-readiness as...   Read More

Two months since India's two biggest banknotes were invalidated overnight to fight graft things are slowly returning to normal but at a cost to one of Asia's fastest­growing economies. In a central Delhi market two men in their 50s are fiddling with smartphones. Sudhir Sabharwal is buying a stapler from stallholder Rakesh Yadav but no...   Read More