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Highlights of NCAER’s most recent Business Expectations Survey for Quarter 2 2015–16   The 94th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in September 2015 shows a revival of business sentiments after the Business Confidence Index (BCI) fell for two consecutive quarters. The BCI shows an increase of 6.3% in October 2015 over...   Read More

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

In what should come as some relief for the government India’s GDP grew at 7.4 per cent in the July-September 2015 quarter as compared to 7 per cent in the previous quarter driven by a resurgence in manufacturing growth. At 9.3 per cent the manufacturing sector grew the fastest in three years. This news comes...   Read More

The study also said that the Dubai airline’s operations supported over 86000 Indian jobs and generated almost $1.7 billion in foreign exchange earnings in 2014-15. Dubai’s Emirates airline which operated the largest number of international flights out of India until July this year when it was upstaged by the Jet Airways-Etihad Airways combine and a...   Read More

NEW DELHI 26th November 2015 (WAM) -- Emirates the world’s largest international airline and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi today released the results of an economic impact study that measures Emirates’ contribution to the Indian economy. NCAER estimates that Emirates’ operations have contributed over US$848 million annually to India’s...   Read More

NEW DELHI: Emirates and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) today said that Emirates' operations have contributed over US $848 million annually to India's GDP supporting over 86000 Indian jobs and generating almost US $1.7 billion in Foreign Exchange Earnings. "With India's aim to become the third-largest aviation market by 2020 and the...   Read More

The Vijay Kelkar committee on revitalising public-private partnership (PPP) projects on Thursday submitted its report to finance minister Arun Jaitley suggesting measures to resolve contractual financing and implementation issues plauging the segment. “We will go through the report and take policy actions as early as possible” economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said. The report will...   Read More

The Vijay Kelkar committee which was reviewing the public-private partnership model of infrastructure development has made recommendations to improve the financing of such projects. The committee has analysed the risks involved and the existing framework of risk-sharing between the project developer and the government and given its recommendations. “The mandate was to revive the past...   Read More

NEW DELHI: Economic think tank NCAER today marginally lowered GDP forecast at 7.4 per cent because of slowdown in agriculture due to deficient monsoon. "This marginal fall is due to the anticipated slowdown in the agricultural sector. Industrial growth continues to gather strength while the outlook for the services remains mixed" National Council of Applied...   Read More

Economic think tank NCAER on Saturday marginally lowered GDP forecast at 7.4 per cent because of slowdown in agriculture due to deficient monsoon. “This marginal fall is due to the anticipated slowdown in the agriculture sector. Industrial growth continues to gather strength while the outlook for the services remains mixed” National Council of Applied Economic...   Read More

India's gross domestic product (GDP) would grow 7.4 per cent in 2015-16 much lower than current official estimates of 8.1-8.5 per cent the National Council of Applied Economic Research said in its mid-year review of the economy on Saturday. The think-tank said: "Industrial growth continues to gather strength while the outlook for services remains mixed....   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.