Researchers Publication

This publication is based on the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure 2004–05 (NSHIE), covering over 63,000 households out of a preliminary listed sample of 440,000 in rural and urban India spread over 24 states. The book presents an in-depth analysis of the economic well-being of the Indian population using thorough socioeconomic and demographic...   Read More

The report brings together original, rich and nuanced data on the relationship between caste and economic patterns. It is an attempt to analyse the differences in incomes of various castes in India on the basis of their education and occupation irrespective of whether they live in small or large towns or poorly developed or well-developed...   Read More

In recent years, the operation of the Iron ore industry in Goa has been under strict watch from the environmental perspective. The state government has felt the need to implement certain policy measures that pose difficult challenges to mining operations. NCAER uses a comprehensive and analytical review of the iron ore mining industry of Goa...   Read More

The Public Distribution System (PDS) continues to be a major instrument for ensuring food security for the poor. The basic objective of shifting from a universal PDS (TPDS) was to benefit the poor at acceptable budgetary cost. The success of the TPDS depends largely on the ability of the state governments to identify the genuinely...   Read More

The study aims to estimate the economic and social benefits of the services provided by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) as well as benefits realised by beneficiaries and their perception about the reliability and utility of such services. The services chosen for this study were agro-meteorological advisory, fishery, tsunami warning, severe weather warning and...   Read More

The sixth India Policy Forum (IPF) conference was held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, during July 14-15, 2009. Prof. Guillemaro A. Calvo, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, delivered the sixth annual IPF lecture titled "Lessons from Systemic Financial Crisis(with Special Reference to Emerging Markets)". A joint publication of NCAER and the...   Read More

The differential multiple tax regime across sectors of production leads to distortions in allocation of resources thus introducing inefficiencies in the sectors of domestic production. With regard to India’s exports, this leads to lack of international competitiveness of the sectors which would have been relatively efficient under distortion- free indirect tax regime.

The second issue of Gramsurajya is in three parts. The first section is an opinion piece titled "Impact of Women's Reservation on Panchayati Raj in bringing about Inclusive Growth". The second section contains insights from the ARIS/REDS 2006 data and is titled "Trends in the delivery of public goods/services in rural India: Evidence from the...   Read More

This publication is based on the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure 2004-05 (NSHIE), covering over 63,000 households out of a preliminary listed sample of 440,000 in rural and urban India spread over 24 states.

The development of rural housing in a manner that results in adequate and quality shelter for the inhabitants of Mahatma Gandhi’s “real India” is a challenge before the nation. What are the issues confronting rural housing development in India? The litany is endless.

The youth constitutes the largest segment of the Indian population. Being the primary productive human resource, the socio-economic development of the Indian youth is directly linked to the development process. This paper attempts to observe the various demographic characteristics of the Indian youth population and determine household expenditure patterns on education and related items using...   Read More

“Gramsurajya”, is the newsletter of this project and will communicate project-related and other news relating to rural decentralisation and growth issues at regular intervals. In its first issue, it looks at voting and the economic state of rural voters.