National Council of Applied Economic Research
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
In 2012, NCAER conducted an analysis of the impact of Emirates’ India operations on the Indian economy. This analysis was based upon a seat allocation of 54,200 seats per week from Dubai to 10 points in India and vice versa.
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
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
With a nearly 2 per cent of share of GDP and 16 per cent of the industrial sector, a healthy steel sector is vital for the Indian economy. This NCAER study finds that though the steel industry in India does have considerable potential, it is currently constrained not just by the well-known supply-side structural factors... 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
Using primary survey data, this report assesses whether, and to what extent, the weaknesses noted by past evaluation studies on the TPDS have been adequately addressed by state governments. Six states viz., Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are covered. Of these, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Karnataka have already implemented the NFSA (2013),... Read More
Using unique data from the India Human Development Survey, a large, repeated, national household survey conducted by researchers from the NCAER and the University of Maryland before and after the implementation of MGNREGA, this report examines changes in the lives of rural households and in the rural economy against the backdrop of changes brought about... Read More
The Ministry recently requested NCAER to estimate the economic benefits of dynamic Weather and ocean state forecasts and the resulting advisories provided to users. This report, the third in the series of NCAER’s work with MoES, consists of two parts. The first part estimates the potential economic benefits of ESSO-NCMRWF dynamic weather forecasts (coordinated with... Read More
The Kerala Perspective Plan 2030 (KPP) prepared by NCAER for the Kerala State Board of Planning is a strategic path forward for Kerala to achieve economic and living standards equivalent to Nordic countries. KPP 2030 targets leapfrogging the high middle income threshold in the next 15 years and the high income threshold in the next... Read More
