Researchers Publication

NCAER’s new NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020), supported by Omidyar Network India assesses the extent of digitisation of land records and the quality of these land records in the States and UTs of India. Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu emerged as the top States in the N-LRSI 2020. The...   Read More

NCAER’s new NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020), supported by Omidyar Network India assesses the extent of digitisation of land records and the quality of these land records in the States and UTs of India. Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu emerged as the top States in the N-LRSI 2020. The...   Read More

About 70 million population are engaged in milk production in India of which a very large proportion belongs to landless, marginal and small farmers. The Socio-Economic Survey of NCAER (September-October, 2020) brought out explicitly the impact of dairy activities on the smallholders livelihood, income and women participation. Village-Based Milk Procurement System (VBMPS), one of the...   Read More

Delhi’s urban planning policies have been characterised by the inability of the agencies concerned to facilitate adequate supply of affordable formal housing stock for its residents. As a result informal housing has crept up across large parts of the national Capital. Unauthorised Colonies (UACs) are one form of such informal housing categories and have grown...   Read More

The youth not in education employment or training are often targeted for educational and vocational training programmes. India too has developed such programmes particularly the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) the flagship scheme of the Central government. However as pointed out in the NCAER Skills Report 2018 titled ‘Skilling India: No Time to Lose’...   Read More

This NCAER study evaluates the Tele-Law Scheme of the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India that links rural citizens with urban lawyers using ICT. The study provides a number of important insights on the operation and impact of the scheme and proposes a set of recommendations, especially in view of...   Read More

As another year draws to a close it is pertinent to ruminate Janus-like once again over past and future gender parity trends both in India and abroad. And the picture is not a pleasant one. In fact the year is ending on a grim note for women all over the world with the Global Gender...   Read More

Business e-Readiness assesses the ability of private businesses to use and produce Information Communication and Technology (ICT)/ICT-enabled goods and services. Adoption of Information Communication and Technology is productivity-enhancing and thus merits an attention. To evaluate medium-term trends in Indian firms’ adoption of ICT business e-readiness was assessed first in September 2016 and then in September...   Read More

With the GDP growth rate falling to 5% in the Q1 of 2019-20 and forecasts suggesting a further fall in the Q2 of 2019-20 there is an urgent need to look at all the demand drivers of economic growth because that is what is driving the current slowdown in the short run. One of the...   Read More

The Vidarbha region in Maharashtra since long been facing an acute agrarian crisis, causing distress to a large part of the local population whose primary occupation is agriculture. The crisis has been shaped by a number of factors, including fragmentation of land leading to tiny landholdings, scanty and irregular rainfall, sparse irrigation facilities, and lack...   Read More

According to the 2011 census 7.4 million people in the country were married before the age of 18 years 88 per cent of whom were girls. UP Andhra Pradesh West Bengal Rajasthan Bihar Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh together amounted to 70 per cent of child marriages in India We celebrated the fifth anniversary of the...   Read More

India’s economy had grown at 6.8 per cent during the last fiscal but quarterly GDP growth has been on a steady slide for six straight quarters from 8.1 per cent in Q4FY18 to 5 per cent in Q1FY20   NEW DELHI: Joining the steady stream of agencies slashing India’s growth forecasts Delhi-based think tank National...   Read More