NCAER in the News

Opinion: Palash Baruah and D. L. Wankhar Claims and counter-claims have characterized the debate about the scenario of employment and unemployment in the country. Both Government and private agencies shell out various shades of data and information to prove a point. Going by the official data set it is seen that Government collects and collate employment...   Read More

Opinion: Anupma Mehta Several changes may have taken place in the lives of Indian women but gendered realities continue to reflect in their status in a family every day. The iconic utterance by French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr more than 150 years ago “The more things change the more they remain the same” accurately sums...   Read More

Opinion: Sanjib Pohit Hybrid trolley buses and trams are a way out Calcutta’s mayor Firhad Hakim announced that reducing the city’s pollution would be a priority. A significant volume of Calcutta’s pollution emanates from the transportation sector. With India setting its net-zero emission target for 2070 Calcutta’s transportation needs to be geared towards that goal. Calcutta...   Read More

Opinion: Sonalde Desai It is time for us to focus on empowering all women including Muslim women by ensuring their access to education employment and public safety. After two years of living behind a mask and trying to decode muffled voices and hidden expressions one begins to develop empathy for millions of women hidden behind face...   Read More

Opinion: Bornali Bhandari & Ajaya K Sahu A marginal re-allocation of expenditure away from income support towards more productivity and employment enhancement schemes could have been adopted The agriculture and allied sector is going through a slow but dynamic change. Does Union Budget 2022-23 anchor the sector into its more dynamic growth path? The answer lies...   Read More

Opinion: Sanjib Pohit Anupma Mehta Samarth Gupta and Soumi Roy Chowdhury  The latest data on alcohol consumption in India is bound to cause a mental hangover unless the seriousness of the addiction at the national level is viewed with a clear rather than a befuddled mind. A report released in 2019 by the Ministry of Social...   Read More

Opinion: Bornali Bhandari and Pawan Kadyan The Covid-19 pandemic has brought public finances into the eye of the storm. Efficient and effective Public Financial Management (PFM) in the 21st century involves the usage of Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS). The key objectives of PFM are—“to maintain a sustainable fiscal position effectively allocate resources and efficiently deliver...   Read More

Opinion: Prerna Prabhakar & Divy Rangan Budget FY23 has extended support to the solar energy sector on enhancing domestic production capacity with an additional allocation of Rs 19500 crore in the form of Production-Linked Incentives (PLIs). Budget FY23 signals fast-paced movement towards India’s renewable energy target of 450 GW by 2030 60% of which is...   Read More

Opinion: Poonam Gupta With the bond yields rising all around the world and credit rating agencies and foreign investors starting to discriminate across emerging markets laying down a fiscal pathway will help bolster their confidence in the strength of the Indian economy and in its key policy frameworks to yield stable policies for robust economic...   Read More

Opinion: Sudipto Banerjee To put the prevailing apprehensions at rest the Modi government should hold talks with all stakeholders both on the taxability of virtual digital assets and their future legal position in India Union Budgets are known for making news. With the recent Budget announcement India joins the league of nations that have brought cryptocurrencies...   Read More