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Macroeconomy: Where are the Jobs? Continued economic slowdown has a very real impact, i.e., on jobs. Gender: Gender Inequality and Women Political Participation in India Gender inequality is one of the most deep-rooted forms of inequality in a traditional society such as India. External: Gold: Safe Haven In times of crisis, people turn to the safest saving that one...   Read More

Purpose – This paper aims to survey India’s experience with exporting services. The authors seek to show that the country’s experience is unique in that modern tradable services are a significantly larger share of GDP than in other countries at comparable levels of economic development. This has not always been the case, however; India’s out-performance...   Read More

The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in its April 2013 Quarterly Review of the Economy has projected that the Indian economy would grow at 6.2 per cent in 2013-14 led by a reasonable growth in agriculture. For this year the think tank projected agriculture sector growth at 3.2 per cent against a growth...   Read More

Business Expectations: FY 2012-13 Ends with Lower Busines Sentiments Forecast: Re-assessing the Macroeconomic Scene for 2013-14 Infrastructure: India's Aviation Sector during FY 2012-13: A Closer View

There is a glimmer of hope after the economy came to a "standstill" in the third quarter of 2012-13, growing at 4.5 per cent. Things may have just turned for the better with agriculture performing better than expected. There is recovery of merchandise exports in the fourth quarter of 2012-13.

Gender Gender Budget - How Far Do We Have to Go to Get Equality? Report Are You Willing to Pay More for Railways Transportation in India? Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Resurgence of Indian Telecom Industry

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 report of the Working Group on Agriculture1 sets out the overall framework for assessing outlook for agriculture over a medium term perspective of the twelfth five year plan.

Business Expectations Business Confidence Drops Further External CAD Sensation: Structural Issues Education Quality of School Education and Vulnerable Children in India

This report provides a longer term perspective for the food sector. The study reports under this series will present an analysis of alternative scenarios of output and consumption for food crops taking into account the available information and based on the suitable economic models that permit longer term projections.

The India Policy Forum (IPF) is an annual publication dedicated to analyzing contemporary trends in the Indian economy. Its objective is to carry out theoretically rigorous yet empirically informed research on current issues related to India’s economic policy. A joint publication of NCAER and the Brookings Institution, IPF serves as a forum for a global...   Read More

Forecast Assessment of Macroeconomic Scene for 2013–14 Report India’s Transport Sectors: Fiscal Issues and Allocative Efficiency Prices Rural versus Urban Inflation