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The study examined the financial viability of alternative models of land pooling for development of urban extensions in Delhi with a view to encourage private participation in provision of land and affordable housing. The study evaluated three alternative models of land pooling and development on the basis of realistic land values, market trends, land holding costs...   Read More

The need for monitoring and analysis of emerging food scenarios is important for India both because of significant dependence of output on the monsoon rains and the fact that globally India is one of the major consumers of food crops influencing markets. Management of agriculture from a public policy perspective requires organisation of this information...   Read More

The Quarterly Agricultural Outlook provides an overview of agricultural trends both globally and at the national level. Agriculture continues to be critical to India’s economy given its role in meeting the food and fibre needs of over a billion people and providing livelihoods to millions of households in rural areas. India is a major producer...   Read More

The key objective of the study is to assess the economic benefits of five different services provided by the Ministry of Earth Science. These services are aviation meteorological services, marine water desalination, ornamental fish culture, lobster and crab fattening. The study outlines a ‘technology policy’ for seawater desalination considering environmental and ecological factors. It also analyses...   Read More

This report highlights the vital role of the Indian Railways in the network mode of transportation, given that it will cater to an estimated 2036 billion passenger kilometres by 2020. To bridge the survey gap of detailed profiling (95 per cent of railway passengers travel in non- reserved category), a household survey of two distinct...   Read More

The Eighth India Policy Forum (IPF) conference, organised jointly with the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. was held in New Delhi during July 12-13, 2011. Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning Commission, delivered the eighth annual IPF Lecture titled " The challenges for India on the 12th Five year plan 2012-17". A joint publication...   Read More

The main objective of the study is to prepare a comprehensive documentation of taxes and user charges on transport sectors in India. The existing complex tax regime adds to the inefficient delivery of transport services which also suffer from various other policy distortions. The second key objective of this study is to evaluate gains to...   Read More

The Quarterly Agricultural Outlook provides an overview of agricultural trends both globally and at the national level. Agriculture continues to be critical to India’s economy given its role in meeting the food and fibre needs of over a billion people and providing livelihoods to millions of households in rural areas. India is a major producer...   Read More

Agriculture continues to be critical to India’s economy given its role in meeting the needs of food and fibre for over a billion people and providing livelihoods to millions of households in the rural areas.India is a major producer and consumer of several basic food commodities. The challenge is to meet the diversified and increased...   Read More

The telecommunications sector plays an increasingly important role in the Indian economy.  It contributes to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), generates revenue for the government and creates employment. The report presents the evolution of the telecommunications sector in India in the decade between 2001 and 2011.  The total number of telephone subscribers has grown at a...   Read More