The Agriculture and allied sector GVA growth in the second quarter of FY 2015-16 is estimated at 2.2 per cent compared to 1.9 per cent in first quarter. The exceptionally dry start to the rabi season has affected sowing in all major rabi crops such as wheat, gram and rapeseed/mustard. Overall, the current outlook for... Read More
The Vijay Kelkar Committee has recommended stricter regulatory oversight of airports and cooperation amongst customs immigration and other government agencies with a view to improving service delivery. Airports at Mumbai Delhi Bengaluru and Hyderabad have been developed under the public-private partnership (PPP) route. In its draft civil aviation policy too the government had said it... Read More
Administrative fiat is certainly not the best option in the absence of accurate data on vehicular pollution During the late 1990s the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) worked with six countries in comprehensive projects to identify the impact of liberalisation on environmental resources and the use of economic instruments to sustainably manage these impacts. The... Read More
New Delhi: An evaluation study on functioning of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in six selected States namely Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Karnataka Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal was awarded to the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in March 2014 and final report was accepted in the Department in November 2015. Based on 2011... Read More
Chhattisgarh is among six States in the country where excess ration cards were distributed as per an evaluation study conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) the Central Government has informed. The final report of the study on functioning of ‘Targetted Public Distribution System’ (TPDS) in six selected states which was conducted... 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
New Delhi: India’s economic growth accelerated to 7.4% in the second quarter of the current financial year riding on a spike in industrial activity and pick up in investment demand. However sectoral data reveal that this growth is not uniform with the growth in construction plunging and agriculture reeling under the impact of two back-to-back... Read More
Business sentiment revived in the second quarter with the Business Confidence Index showing an increase of 6.3 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis a survey by economic thinktank NCAER said. "The 94th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in September 2015 shows a revival of business sentiments after the Business Confidence Index... Read More
Highlights of NCAER’s most recent Business Expectations Survey for Quarter 2 2015–16 The 94th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in September 2015 shows a revival of business sentiments after the Business Confidence Index (BCI) fell for two consecutive quarters. The BCI shows an increase of 6.3% in October 2015 over... Read More
This is the second in a series of reports that NCAER has prepared on detailed tourism satellite accounts for the states and Union Territories of India. This study was commissioned by the Ministry of Tourism in the Government of India in 2013 to compile Regional Tourism Satellite Account for all states and UTs of India... Read More