NCAER in the News

Mumbai: Is it true that people tend to marry within their profession or occupation? Data available from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS-II) suggests so if we analyse marriages within and across broad occupation categories. For example among those female teachers who were married 19% were married to fellow teachers (CHART 1A) the highest among...   Read More

Despite a rich statistical heritage paucity of data hinders policymaking in India. Most national surveys such as the ones carried out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) tend to focus on a single theme. Further these surveys typically provide snapshots of society only at a particular point of time. By comparison the India Human Development Survey (IHDS)...   Read More

There is little doubt that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is associated with the diffusion of global best practices professionalism technology and work culture essential for market efficiency and competitiveness. In the presence of internationally competitive environment ensured by FDI the domestic agencies are also motivated towards changes that bring efficiency. Studies have shown positive impact...   Read More

"Our public policies have historically focused on individuals who are poor by virtue of the accident of their birth – dalits adivasis and individuals based in poor states and backward districts. But with declining poverty the accident of birth has become less important than the accident of life. People fall into poverty due to illness...   Read More

New Delhi: Businesses ranked Gujarat Delhi and Tamil Nadu as the top three states for making new investments and corruption emerged as the biggest concern for investors according to a survey by New Delhi­based think tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). A ranking based on the success rate of states in implementing 98 regulatory...   Read More

Gujarat Delhi and Tamil Nadu are the best places to make fresh investments in India while Jharkhand Uttar Pradesh and Bihar lag on this front a latest survey by think-tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has revealed. The NCAER State Investment Potential Index (N-SIPI) is based on five pillars such as labour infrastructure...   Read More

Corruption is the biggest constraint being faced by businessmen across states in the country says a survey of economic think tank NCAER. "The results (of the survey) indicate that corruption emerged as the biggest problem" it said adding that business enterprises have consistently ranked corruption as the major obstacle for growth. The NCAER State Investment Potential Index also...   Read More

As call drop menace continues Telecom Secretary J S Deepak today put the blame on large-scale shutting down of towers for "health reasons" and said states are not able to implement their commitments. He also said that the complaints of call drops were like people refusing to allow water tanks on their roof-tops and at...   Read More

The Union Budget lacks political boldness as the government has frittered away its political capital on issues irrelevant to the economy said political scientist and president and chief executive of Centre for Policy Research (CPR) Pratap Bhanu Mehta. “There is no political boldness in the budget. The Government’s political capital has been spent (on) cultural...   Read More

A report prepared by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) for the agriculture ministry has pegged India’s wheat production in 2015-16 would be 85 million tonnes (mt) — 1.5 mt less than the final estimate of 2014-15. This is in stark contrast with the government’s estimate that production in 2015-16 would be 7.3...   Read More