National Council of Applied Economic Research
Opinion: Tamanna Akter Tithi, Milan Mathew & Raktimava Bose. The Sundarbans, spanning approximately 10,000 square kilometres across India and Bangladesh, is not only the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest but also a critical ecological buffer zone and a major economic asset for both countries. Situated at the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers,... Read More
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major developmental initiative the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Kerala Vision 2030 formulated by the Planning Board. The projects and concepts proposed under the Kerala Vision 2030 would be included in the Annual and Five Year Plans of the State Government. Announcing the Cabinet decisions on Wednesday Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said... Read More
New Delhi: More than six decades after it achieved independence India has yet to have a single internal market with its economy divided up by state taxes on commerce. That may be about to change following the reversal by one of the biggest foes of a national sales tax—Narendra Modi the Prime Minister who took... Read More
NEW DELHI: With manufacturing sector showing signs of nascent recovery economic think tank NCAER expects India's GDP to expand at 5.2-5.7% this fiscal. "GDP growth rate for 2014-15 is projected at 5.2-5.7%. The higher growth of 5.7% is conditional on pick up of investment spending" National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said in a... Read More
With manufacturing sector showing signs of nascent recovery economic think tank NCAER expects India's Gross Domestic Product to expand at 5.2-5.7 percent this fiscal. "GDP growth rate for 2014-15 is projected at 5.2-5.7 percent. The higher growth of 5.7 per cent is conditional on pick up of investment spending" National Council of Applied Economic Research... Read More
The Government has decided to set up an expert panel to undertake a detailed examination of the four very weak nationalised banks which have shown operating losses in 1993-94 and suggest ways and means for turning them around. According to officials of the Finance Ministry's banking division the panel would consist mainly of experienced bankers... Read More
New Delhi: With the manufacturing sector showing signs of a nascent recovery the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has said it expects India's GDP to expand at 5.2-5.7 per cent this fiscal year. "GDP growth rate for 2014-15 is projected at 5.2-5.7 per cent. The higher growth of 5.7 per cent is conditional... Read More
The media were agog when a “secret” report of the Intelligence Bureau was leaked a few days after the swearing-in of the Narendra Modi-led government. It particularly pointed to Greenpeace to the agitation against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (picture) and coal-based thermal power projects as having been funded by foreign agencies to hold back... Read More
If history is to be believed there is nothing bizarre in assuming that reform agenda is not confined to the Budget alone. Even though the big event of Budget has passed it is not unlikely that bold reform measures could be taken now. The Narendra Modi-led government has also shown its propensity to announce reforms... Read More
The serious commentary by Professor S. Gurumurthy on the implications of the budget for India’s informal economy was commendable (“The good is in the detail” July 14). I’d like to add support for his good challenge. Most of the enterprises in the Indian economy aren’t “SMEs”; they aren’t “small” they are “micro” enterprises with under... Read More
While the Narendra Modi-led BJP government is all set to present its maiden budget on July 10 the common people and industry have high expectations from the finance minister especially when it comes to fulfill the promise of `Acche Din Aane Wale Hain`. In the forthcoming budget besides maintaining trend of fiscal consolidation it is... Read More
