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Indian cashew is exported to more than 60 countries in the world with the main markets being UAE USA Netherlands UK Germany Japan and Australia. The country earned foreign exchange equivalent to Rs. 5870.97 crores from the export of 84352 metric tonnes of cashew nuts during the year 2017-18.  Maharashtra accounts for one-third of the...   Read More

Notable findings from the Woman’s Schedule component of the National Family Health Survey The recently released compendium of Fact Sheets on various health and empowerment indicators under the fifth round of the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS-5) for the period 2019-21 give us something to shout about especially with regard to women’s empowerment and attainment...   Read More

A reasonable bet for India's growth would be about 7% or higher in the next few years. The baseline growth draws upon the average growth rate of about 6.75% in five pre-Covid years. In the near term monetary and fiscal policies are unlikely to be able to contribute to this growth estimate any more than...   Read More

Fearing the risk of failure very little R&D funding goes towards innovative ventures and emerging technologies. Over the last decade the government has been encouraging domestic firms to come up with innovations in product manufacturing and services. The focus of the NDA government’s programmes like ‘Make in India’ is not only on manufacturing in India...   Read More

Contrary to popular perception that international tourists bring in all the lucre it’s actually domestic travellers who set the cash registers ringing Tourism along with travel is one of the largest service industries in India estimated to be worth over $200 billion in 2018. However being one of the most contact-intensive and socially active sectors...   Read More

The pandemic was a health humanitarian and economic crisis all rolled into one. The NCAER Business Expectations Survey (BES) tracked firms throughout the pandemic period on a quarterly basis trying to understand the challenges that they faced how they adapted and whether they were able to leverage government benefits targeted at them. In this article...   Read More

The United Nations propounded the celebration of “International Days as “occasions to educate the general public on issues of concern to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity”. As in the past we are going to celebrate the 3rd of December as the International Day...   Read More

Opinion: Mythili Bhusnurmath How does one read GDP numbers for Q2 2021-22? In keeping with Miles’ Law — Where you stand depends on where you sit — the reactions from GoI and the Opposition to the data released on Tuesday were entirely predictable. Triumphalism from government and murmurs about the shine lent to the numbers by...   Read More

The NCAER Business Expectations Survey (BES) closely tracked firms throughout the pandemic period on a quarterly basis trying to understand the challenges that they faced how they adapted and whether they were able to leverage government benefits targeted at them. After the second COVID-19 wave business sentiments recovered in 2021–22:Q2 as compared to those prevailing...   Read More

The demographic dividend is smaller but will last longer due to regional variation in the onset of fertility decline. As southern states struggle with the growing burden of supporting the elderly northern states will supply the workforce needed for growth. Success brings its challenges. The first challenge is accepting the win the second is to...   Read More

The IHDS Forum is a monthly update of publications, op-eds and data news based on the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), which was jointly conducted by NCAER and the University of Maryland in two waves, in 2004-05 and 2011-12. Preparations are underway for launching the third wave soon.

In the Review, we summarise the economic and policy developments in India; monitor global developments of relevance to India; and showcase the pulse of the economy through an analysis of high-frequency indicators and the heat map.