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
NEW DELHI (January 13 2016) - Battling extremes of drought and unseasonal rains complicated now by a warm winter the Indian farmer had a difficult year in 2015 and his prospects are unlikely to improve in 2016. This has resulted in farmer distress and may lead to a decline in food-grain output in 2016 for... Read More
NEW DELHI: Indian farmers had a difficult year in 2015 and their prospects are unlikely to improve in 2016 a report by economic policy thinktank NCAER said.The research policy institute said according to its estimate growth in agriculture and allied sector in the second quarter of FY 201516 is likely to be 2.2 per cent... Read More
Indian farmers had a difficult year in 2015 and their prospects are unlikely to improve in 2016 a report by economic policy thinktank NCAER said. The research policy institute said according to its estimate growth in agriculture and allied sector in the second quarter of FY 2015-16 is likely to be 2.2 per cent as... Read More
The Vijay Kelkar Committee has recommended stricter regulatory oversight of airports and cooperation amongst customs immigration and other government agencies with a view to improving service delivery. Airports at Mumbai Delhi Bengaluru and Hyderabad have been developed under the public-private partnership (PPP) route. In its draft civil aviation policy too the government had said it... Read More
Administrative fiat is certainly not the best option in the absence of accurate data on vehicular pollution During the late 1990s the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) worked with six countries in comprehensive projects to identify the impact of liberalisation on environmental resources and the use of economic instruments to sustainably manage these impacts. The... Read More
Chhattisgarh is among six States in the country where excess ration cards were distributed as per an evaluation study conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) the Central Government has informed. The final report of the study on functioning of ‘Targetted Public Distribution System’ (TPDS) in six selected states which was conducted... Read More
New Delhi: An evaluation study on functioning of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in six selected States namely Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Karnataka Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal was awarded to the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in March 2014 and final report was accepted in the Department in November 2015. Based on 2011... Read More
Highlights of NCAER’s most recent Business Expectations Survey for Quarter 2 2015–16 The 94th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in September 2015 shows a revival of business sentiments after the Business Confidence Index (BCI) fell for two consecutive quarters. The BCI shows an increase of 6.3% in October 2015 over... Read More
Business sentiment revived in the second quarter with the Business Confidence Index showing an increase of 6.3 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis a survey by economic thinktank NCAER said. "The 94th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in September 2015 shows a revival of business sentiments after the Business Confidence Index... Read More
New Delhi: India’s economic growth accelerated to 7.4% in the second quarter of the current financial year riding on a spike in industrial activity and pick up in investment demand. However sectoral data reveal that this growth is not uniform with the growth in construction plunging and agriculture reeling under the impact of two back-to-back... Read More