In India Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport can boast about being the first airport that has a “well planned, safe, smart and sustainable commercial district” adjacent to it that promotes work, play, world class cuisine, and entertainment to the travelers and socio-economic development to the airport community. While going to and from the airport one... Read More
The IHDS Forum is a monthly update of socio-economic developments in India by the IHDS research community, based on the India Human Development Survey, jointly conducted by NCAER and the University of Maryland. While two earlier rounds of the survey were completed in 2004-05 and 2011-12, respectively, the third round has also been launched and... Read More
If menstrual leave is made compulsory, it would further discourage employers from hiring female employees, causing women’s participation in work to shrink further. While the impact of the menstrual cycle varies for every female, the discomfort it brings may heavily affect their efficiency as workers. If a female employee already going through problems like PCOD... Read More
Aligning assets with liabilities management can ‘optimise resource allocation and achieve long-term economic goals’ As economic data show increasing fragmentation, investment strategies face unprecedented challenges. The OMFIF Global Public Pensions 2023 report examines how global public pensions and sovereign funds are coping with the weakest global growth prospects in decades. While the report reveals the challenges sovereigns... Read More
Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research is a peer-reviewed bi-annual journal published jointly by NCAER & SAGE International. Volume 17, Issue 3-4, August-November 2023 includes the following papers- Slowdown of the Indian Economy During 2019–2020: Deconstructing the Anomaly - Poonam Gupta To Answer or Not to Answer: What Determines Telephone Survey Response Rates in Times... Read More
India’s National Logistics Policy, launched on 17 September 2022, aims to reduce logistics costs in India in order to enhance efficiency and competitiveness, and foster innovation across various sectors of the economy. In this context, it is important to reliably measure the costs associated with logistics and identify ways to reduce these costs. Since there... Read More
The IHDS Forum is a monthly update of socio-economic developments in India by the IHDS research community, based on the India Human Development Survey, jointly conducted by NCAER and the University of Maryland. While two earlier rounds of the survey were completed in 2004-05 and 2011-12, respectively, the third round has also been launched and... Read More
In the Review, we summarise the economic and policy developments in India; monitor global developments of relevance to India; and showcase the pulse of the economy through an analysis of high-frequency indicators and the heat map. Click here for previous issues
Global action. A body, akin to WTO, which can enforce rules to govern multilateral action on climate change is the need of the hour. Ahead of the first global stock take on climate action, due to take place at COP28 in Dubai, a new report released by the United Nations on November 14has reiterated the... Read More