NCAER in the News

Government’s biodiesel programme holds the potential of sustainable entrepreneurship development and meeting all three objectives of economic growth — social equity job creation and environmental sustainability The Government’s launch of a biodiesel programme represents a unique case for the development of numerous sustainable entrepreneurs employment generation empowerment of the subaltern masses by providing them ownership/occupational...   Read More

India though an early mover in the biofuel sector failed to embrace rewards from one of the safest and cleanest of energy sources. To tap this precious resource the Government has to formulate a new strategy After lying in limbo for a few years concomitant with low oil prices India’s biofuel sector made headlines recently....   Read More

India is in dire need of a long-term national logistics plan that can help minimise gaps reduce costs align developmental projects so we can all reap economic benefits In today’s world economic climate changes more quickly and countries realise that globalisation has made the world smaller and more competitive. Also customers seek products and services...   Read More

“Delhi leads the NCAER-State Investment Potential Index 2018 Tamil Nadu is second.”  New Delhi (Friday August 3 2018): The National Council of Applied Economic Research NCAER released its 2018 N-SIPI the NCAER State Investment Potential Index at a launch workshop inaugurated by Shri Ramesh Abhishek Secretary Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Covering 20...   Read More

Delhi has emerged the most-attractive State for investors improving its position on the think-tank National Council for Applied and Economic Research (NCAER)’s 2018 State Investment Potential Index. Gujarat previously No 1 slipped two places to the third position. The surprise elements in the index named N-SIPI was Tamil Nadu which moved up four places to...   Read More

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian Wednesday said that it is not possible for the diverse Indian economy to have one uniform Goods and Services Tax (GST) across the country. The useful debate in fact can be whether there can be three GST rates instead of the present four rates with the possibility of reevaluating the...   Read More

Subramanian who had often batted for policy rate rate reduction said tighter monetary and fiscal policies were needed to hold the line at the time of shocks. Amid the demand for cut in taxes on fuel outgoing chief economic advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian on Wednesday said oil windfall should have been used for stepping up...   Read More

The GST Council may consider reduction in tax rates on host of items with low revenue implications as part of the tax rationalisation exercise in its next meeting on July 21. The items which could be considered for cutting of tax rates might include sanitary napkins handicrafts and handloom goods besides certain services. Several industry...   Read More

Public sector oil companies need to be transparent in their price fixation policies. Policymakers also need to question whether our oil companies/refineries are efficient by world standards. Only then can one identify the ex-post and ex-ante factors behind the high domestic oil price The spikes in petrol and diesel prices are the focus of attention...   Read More

Trust in official statistics is vital for democracy — the new policy must avoid centralisation David Spiegelhalter president of Royal Statistical Society in the U.K. gave a most unusual presidential address in 2017. Instead of talking about esoteric statistical techniques he talked about declining trust in numbers in a post-truth society bombarded by fake news...   Read More