National Council of Applied Economic Research
Opinion: C.S. Mohapatra. Policies have sought to promote participation in financial markets, but investor ignorance and negligence as well as fraudulent activities are impediments to growth. India’s financial sector has grown exponentially over the past two decades. One major contributor to this is the rising participation of private investors in financial markets coupled with digitalisation.... Read More
Business sentiment fell sharply in the first quarter of the current fiscal as smaller companies are experiencing the worst deterioration in business sentiments says a NCAER survey. "The 93rd round of Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in June 2015 reveals that business sentiments have not only continued to decline but are declining at a... Read More
This column published in the Financial Express is written by Prof M. Govinda Rao Non-resident Senior Fellow NCAER. Media reports about the boycott of the nine Congress chief ministers and the non-attendance of those non-UPA non-NDA ones-of Odisha Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal—in the recently held meeting of the NITI Aayog to discuss... Read More
Given the level of indirect taxes there’s an incentive to evade them. The proposed tax breaks for using e-money may not help The objective of the proposed policy on facilitation of electronic transactions is to replace cash transactions with e-transactions. These have several advantages including macroeconomic effects and benefits to merchants and consumers. Macroeconomic benefits... Read More
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Perspective Plan 2030 an initiative of the State Planning Board aimed at prudent long-term development strategies over a two-decade period was unveiled here on Monday. First of its kind in the country the Kerala Perspective Plan 2030 aims at facilitating the state to attain developmental parameters of high-income countries. Handing over... Read More
ग्रीस के आर्थिक संकट को लेकर चिंता की लकीरें पूरी दुनिया में दिखाई पड़ी हैं। भारत पर इसका बहुत ज्यादा असर शायद न पड़े, लेकिन ग्रीस के इस संकट में बहुत सारे सबक जरूर हैं, जिनमें भारत ही नहीं, दुनिया के तमाम देशों के पास सीखने लायक बहुत कुछ है। लेकिन इन बातों पर... Read More
Press Release Highlights of NCAER’s most recent Business Expectation Survey for Quarter 4 2014-15 The 92nd round of Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in March 2015 reveals that business sentiment has fallen sharply. The BCI decreased by 6.9 per cent over the previous quarter. All components of BCI declined between January and April 2015.... Read More
NEW DELHI: Business sentiment fell sharply in the March quarter due to concerns over investment climate amid "patchy" and "uneven growth" said a survey today. "The 92nd round of Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in March 2015 reveals that business sentiment has fallen sharply. The BCI decreased by 6.9 per cent over the previous quarter" said a... Read More
This article published in BusinessLine is written by Dr Kanhaiya Singh a Senior Fellow at NCAER. The Centre and the Reserve Bank of India signed an agreement on February 20 2015 which intends to put in place the inflation targeting framework (ITF) as the preferred monetary policy approach to be operated by the RBI. The... Read More
The following article in The Hindu is written by Sonalde Desai a Senior Fellow at NCAER & Professor of Sociology at University of Maryland and Debasis Barik an Associate Fellow at NCAER. The article features important evidence gathered from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) conducted periodically by NCAER in collaboration with the University of... Read More
The following article in The Hindu by its the National Data Editor Rukmini S features important evidence gathered from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) conducted periodically by NCAER in collaboration with the University of Maryland. IHDS is India’s only national longitudinal panel data set and provides considerable opportunities for researchers to generate high quality... Read More
