NCAER in the News

Investment decisions of firms are centred on location choice investment magnitude and selection of industry. Of these information on location choice is the most asymmetric making it is imperative to inform potential investors regarding the characteristics and advantages/disadvantages of specific territorial choices within the country. In this article Anjali Tandon highlights the importance of a...   Read More

This column describes NCAER’s new ‘nowcasting’ model which seeks to predict India’s GDP numbers at frequent intervals − typically on a monthly or quarterly basis − by exploiting the incremental information in published data on economic indicators. In the words of Dr. Lawrence Klein1 “Models go out of date fast. Data base gets revised new kinds...   Read More

Globally countries remain interested in foreign investment as a source of capital for domestic growth and development needs. The host countries facilitate foreign investment through national investment policies. In addition to investment promotion the host countries also ensure investment protection through treaties to provide them with a rule-based predictable and non-discriminatory environment (UNCTAD 2017). The...   Read More

The consequences can be far more than physiological through the ripples that will affect many future multilateral negotiations. It has not been too long back in the past when Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was extended half-heartedly and then replaced. Earlier this month India along with other developing countries...   Read More

The future of global trade is being negotiated at the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) in Buenos Aires Argentina this week from December 10-13.The Indian representation on the multilateral forum is taking up issues of public stock-holding for food security special safeguard mechanism and domestic support and subsidies to fisheries to promote the interests of its...   Read More

By Rajesh Chadha and Laxmi Joshi Rising consumer incomes in India are creating bigger markets for processed foods. This has generated the need for new and modern post-harvest and agro-processing technologies for meeting this demand. Boost for the sector The Ministry of Food Processing has undertaken many programmes to give a boost to this sector...   Read More

Can any country achieve progress without taking its women on board? Studies have shown more women in the workforce equals better economic performance "If you want something said ask a man; if you want something done ask a woman". -- Margaret Thatcher British Prime Minister 1979-1990. The former British Prime Minister's words may arguably reflect...   Read More

People born before the 1970s or 1980s have witnessed a changing gamut of “normal”. Earlier owning a land-line phone in a household was a luxury. This later became “normal” for any household and now owning a smart 4G phone is the “new-normal”. While such transition is clear in the urban and sub-urban India rural areas...   Read More

New Delhi Nov 8 (PTI) Propelled by China's growth and more recently joined by India Asia has achieved in a generation what has taken other regions much longer says a recent NCAER book. The latest NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research) book by Rajat Nag titled 'The 21st Century: Asia's?' further says that Asians...   Read More

The Government of India (GoI) announced the withdrawal of legal tender notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominations on November 8 2016. As per the GoI notification dated  November 8 2016 this was necessitated to tackle counterfeiting of Indian banknotes effectively nullify black money hoarded in cash and curb funding of terrorism with fake...   Read More