NCAER in the News

Opinion: Sanjib Pohit. With environmental consciousness gaining ground, reducing carbon footprint in the sector will be vital to attract tourists. The tourism sector is expected to play an integral role in Viksit Bharat preamble. The projections indicate that this sector is poised to generate employment for 137 million people and contribute an additional $250 billion...   Read More

Opinion: Manish Sabharwal and Ramesh A Reddy. Amartya Sen acknowledges progress in combating 'son preference' in Haryana and UP, while emphasizing the need for innovative employer financing solutions to bridge the skills gap and empower millions of youngsters in the workforce. The skill ecosystem should be aligned with employer supply chains through three reforms to...   Read More

Opinion: Saurabh Bandyopadhyay and Laxmi Joshi. The Ministry of Fisheries signed an MoU with e-commerce company Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), on February 19, 2024, to bring fishermen and consumers in one marketing platform to sell varieties of fish. Though belated, the move is required for developing the fishery sector in India. The NCAER,...   Read More

Opinion: Poonam Gupta. Bihar's economy has grown faster than the national economy, but it remains India's poorest state in terms of per-capita income. It faces challenges such as low urbanization, gender disparities, and low enrollment in higher education. Improving these areas is crucial for Bihar's prosperity and India's development goals. During the past two decades,...   Read More

Opinion: Jyoti Thakur. Is attaining gender parity in STEM education sufficient? In the recent budget speech, the finance minister proudly declared that India now stands among the leading nations worldwide in terms of women’s enrolment in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. This significant milestone is a clear testament to the concerted efforts of...   Read More

Opinion: Sonalde Desai and Pallavi Choudhuri. Instead of debating the cause of the fall and the rise in the proportion of women farmers and family helpers, we should look to expand women’s opportunities outside of agriculture, which are better paying. Arguably, the debate around trends in Indian women’s employment is only outclassed by a similar...   Read More

Opinion: Debasis Barik and Sonalde Desai. Janani Suraksha Yojana, launched in 2005, has helped reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery. But the utilisation of antenatal care has been low. Creating government programmes to incentivise desired behaviour has a long history in development planning. Unfortunately we have no guidance on when success can...   Read More

Opinion: C S Mohapatra. Enhanced financial inclusion and financial literacy are crucial in empowering individuals to navigate financial systems, access credit, and leverage digital platforms effectively. Financial inclusion in India has traditionally been equated with the expansion of banking networks and the proliferation of bank accounts among the underserved. However, complete and effective financial inclusion...   Read More

Opinion: Ashish Desai and Rudra Sensarma. To become a Lakhpati Didi, a critical skill is digital financial literacy — financial knowledge and the ability to take effective decisions On our way to Kolhapur, we stop at a tea stall-cum-convenience store run by Savita tai (name changed), who greets us with a smile. While sipping tea,...   Read More

Opinion: Manish Sabharwal and Kartik Narayan. India aims to reduce agriculture's 'self-exploitation' through non-farm jobs. This requires addressing problems with job laws, promoting direct benefit transfer, improving infrastructure and human capital, and reforming social security and labor codes. In 1918, B R Ambedkar wrote, 'If we succeed in sponging off our labour in non- agricultural...   Read More