National Council of Applied Economic Research
Opinion: Aakash Dev. Thozhi Hostels deliver high-quality housing solutions for working women, overcoming migration challenges in urban areas. In recent years, India has seen a remarkable increase in female labour force participation, from 25 per cent in 2017-18 to 40 per cent in 2022-23, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey. This surge reflects growing... Read More
Opinion: Anupma Mehta 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... Read More
Opinion: Poonam Gupta 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... Read More
Opinion: Sanjib Pohit 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... Read More
Opinion: Poonam Munjal and Anupma Mehta 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... Read More
Opinion: Bornali Bhandari Samarth Gupta Ajaya K Sahu and KS Urs 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... Read More
Opinion: Palash Baruah and DL Wankhart 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... Read More
Opinion: Sonalde Desai & Debasis Barik 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... Read More
Opinion: Bornali Bhandari KS Urs Ajaya K Sahu & Samarth Gupta 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... 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
Opinion: K P Krishnan Financial regulation is about striking the right balance between enabling innovation and ensuring customer protection. Cryptocurrencies or more correctly crypto-assets may be a nightmare for regulatory policy but they are a columnist’s delight! The number of op-ed words on this topic just in the recent weeks may now equal the purported... Read More