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NCAER Activities |
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NCAER has done pioneering research
work in areas of applied economics with an emphasis on policy analysis and
application of modern quantitative techniques to development issues, regional
development and planning, household income, consumption, savings /investment
and energy. |
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Develop policy reports for clients. |
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To examine domestic agricultural market structures, price
policy, linkages between agricultural price policy and poverty, and, the role
of the Panchayats in fostering sustainable development.
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Track key sectors of the economy for subscribers |
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Forecast the economic outlook |
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Conduct, design, and analyse surveys that illuminate public
policy issues as well as assist private sector decisions |
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Disseminate research findings
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| NCAER depends on contract research with the government, the
private sector and the non-government sector and institutions at the national
and international levels. Sponsors for the different studies undertaken by the
Council include the central and state governments, public and private
corporations, and international organisations such as CIDA, IDRC, Ford
Foundation, UNDP and the World Bank. |
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| NCAER's research programme areas include |
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Growth, Trade, and Economic
Management |
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Assessments of the current state of the economy |
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Short-term forecasts through computable general equilibrium
(CGE) Models |
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Medium-term forecasts through econometric models |
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Monitoring of cyclical patterns in key variables that
affect industrial, financial and international trade activity
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Quarterly Review |
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Investment Climate, Physical and Economic
Infrastructure |
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Policy issues relevant to industry,
infrastructure and international economic cooperation |
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Sectoral studies that evaluate the competitiveness of
industry |
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Impact of economic liberalisation on infrastructure
development |
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Conduct of sample surveys and statistical analysis of data
for different types of research studies
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Market Information Survey of Households (MISH) |
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Tracking consumer demographics and consumption patterns
across product categories |
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Agriculture, Rural Development, and
Resource Management |
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Reforms in the agricultural sector and
agreement on agriculture (AoA) under the WTO |
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Price policy and public distribution system (PDS) |
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Land consolidation, fragmentation and optimal land-use
plans |
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Rural infrastructure and agro-processing |
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Irrigation and watershed management |
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Changing food baskets and their impact on production
patterns |
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Household Behaviour, Poverty, Human
Development, Informality, and Gender |
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Evaluation of poverty and employment - focus on
informal sector employment |
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Sectoral studies in population and demographic transition |
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Morbidity and health economics |
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Economics of education |
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Gender studies |
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| In addition to its research capabilities, NCAER has a
unique position in the country for designing and executing large-scale sample
surveys on regional and human development as well as a large range of consumer
products. NCAER has built up a rich database on economic and commercial data.
Its clients include government ministries, The Planning Commission, state
governments, public and private sector companies and international agencies. |
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