This 13th India Policy Forum 2016–17 Volume comprises papers and highlights of the discussions at the India Policy Forum (IPF) held in New Delhi on July 12–13, 2016. The IPF, sponsored and organised by NCAER, invites both original empirical research and policy-focused expert reviews that define the best policy advice based on robust, empirical research. Papers appear in the annual IPF Volume after revisions based on IPF discussants’ comments, a lively floor discussion, and the editorial guidance provided by the IPF editors. The 2016  IPF Lecture was delivered by Dr Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India. Subramanian spoke on “India and the Global Economy Post-Brexit.” The 2016 IPF featured a Policy Roundtable on “The Challenge of Skilling India for Global competitive”, moderated by Dr Shekhar Shah, Director-General, NCAER had Jayant Krishna from the National Skill Development Corporation, John Blomquist  from the World Bank, Bornali Bhandari, NCAER and Karthik Muralidharan, University of California as the panellists.
2016 | 17, Volume 13, Papers

• The Indian Household Finance Landscape
  by Cristian Badarinza, Vimal Balasubramaniam & Tarun Ramadorai 

• Measuring India’s GDP growth: Unpacking the Analytics & Data Issues behind a Controversy that Refuses to Go Away
  by R Nagaraj & T N Srinivasan

• Early Childhood Health and Development in India: A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for the Future
  by Achyuta Adhvaryu, Prashant Bharadwaj & Sam Krumholz

• Six Puzzles in Indian Agriculture
  by Shoumitro Chatterjee & Devesh Kapur

• India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: What Do We Really Know about the World’s Largest Workfare Program?by Sandip Sukhtankar
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