Our newsletter keeps you informed about our work: studies, publications, Op-Eds, events, other research engagements and discussions on various topics. You will find the back issues of the NCAER Newsletter below: Aug-Sept 2021
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Education Satellite Account 2017-18, Himachal Pradesh
Education Satellite Account typically presents the financial flows within the domain of education, and is organised into a set of activities and products across various levels of education. These financial flows are presented for the two types of economic agents, that is, financing units and producing units. It provides a report card on the financial health of education and is instrumental in policy-making and offers answers to questions on whether the resources allocated in education are being equitably and effectively distributed. It enables the policy-makers to allocate funds to the disadvantaged groups if there is disparity in the distribution of resources. This study by NCAER has been undertaken to prepare the first Education Satellite Account for Himachal Pradesh. Based on the methodology delineated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), this study adopts the internationally accepted framework of ESA tables and accounts.
Tourism Satellite Account 2018-19, Himachal Pradesh
With around 20 million tourists visiting the State every year, Himachal Pradesh thus has a huge tourism potential. Tourism activity contributes immensely to the creation of employment opportunities and also in enhancing the State’s income through a significant generation of demand for goods and services among tourists.
It is thus, important to estimate the economic benefits of the State’s tourism sector through implementation of a well-designed and internationally accepted framework. Such a framework has been prepared by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in its publication called ‘Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework, 2008 (TSA: RMF 2008)”. This study by NCAER attempts to use the same methodological framework to prepare the TSA at the sub-national level for the State of Himachal Pradesh.
States Need to Expedite Action Plans for Improving the Quality of Land Records and Services
The Land Policy Initiative at NCAER (N-LPI) is bringing out its second policy brief on ‘States Need to Expedite Action Plans for Improving Quality of Land Records & Services’ based on the work done on Land Records and Services Index. The latest round of N-LRSI 2021 shows that while there has been considerable progress by States/UTs in digitising their land records and the registration process, the improvements on quality of the land records has lagged behind. In order to achieve the goal of making land records available to all and enhancing transparency in their maintenance and preventing property frauds, in addition to digitisation of land records, it is equally important to improve the quality of the land records. In this context, this policy brief focuses on the issue of quality of land records as brought out by the N-LRSI reports, highlighting both the gaps and the possible actions to improve the position. The analysis may help States/ UTs in in formulating action plans to attain the goal of accurate and comprehensive land records that mirror the ‘on- the- ground’ situation.
Monthly Review of the Economy – October 2021
In this first issue of the Monthly Review of the Economy, NCAER summarises the economic and policy developments in India; monitors global developments of relevance to India; and showcases the pulse of the economy through an analysis of high-frequency indicators and the heat map.